Home Based in Wales with wider travel.

Are you proactive, energetic, and organised? Do you have demonstrable experience of delivering events and managing projects against income and awareness generating targets? 

If so, this exciting role within our Welsh Team could be a great next career move! 

About the Role

Working closely with the wider Community teams, and our overarching Marketing, Fundraising and Events teams, you will promote and deliver a range of fundraising events within local communities across Wales, raising vital funds in support of Leonard Cheshire Cymru.  You will report into the Regional Fundraising Manager for Wales.

You will identify opportunities and deliver a portfolio of other events throughout the Wales to meet agreed targets. You will also work collaboratively with the rest of the Welsh Team as well as working closely in collaborative environment with the Marketing and Fundraising department to assist in maximising overall charity income and reach. 

About You

To be considered for this role you will have the following skills and experience: 

- A minimum of 1-2 year event and marketing experience
- Ability to motivate and inspire a variety of individuals including senior decision makers 
- Highest standard of written communication skills and excellent verbal, including presentations 
- Ability to monitor and control financial budgets and evaluate potential income 
- Excellent organisational, project management and planning skills with a meticulous eye for detail 
- Proven experience of events fundraising or events / project management 
- Broad understanding of other fundraising mechanisms, such as community fundraising 
- Knowledge of the charity sectors 
- Microsoft Office Suite 
- Understanding of the importance in promoting a regional identity 
- Current UK driving license. 
- Willingness to travel to other premises and throughout the Wales, with occasional travel throughout the UK (this may incur overnight stays) 
- Flexible approach to working hours including evenings and weekends

You will have a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire and be excited by this opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with disabilities.

Closing Date: Sunday 25th April

Interview Date: Friday 30th April 2021

About Leonard Cheshire Cymru

Leonard Cheshire in Wales supports individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability.  As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services for people with disabilities, we do everything humanly possible to empower people to live their lives as freely and as fully as they choose. 

What we Offer

• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover
• Substantial annual leave, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

A satisfactory disclosure check may be required for this post.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable candidate has been appointed.

Full Time 35 Hours

The role of a Copywriting and Communications Officer is exciting, collaborative and creative. The Copywriting and Communications Officer sits within the Communications and Marketing Team whose purpose is to lift Mind’s brand; tell our story in a planned, and audience driven way and deliver strategic, life changing communications.

You’ll have an influence on how we develop our communications for print and digital as well as contribute to our tone of voice across a wide variety of channels.

You’ll support with writing and reviewing of content, liaising with teams, and writing high-quality copy to tight deadlines and for a variety of channels (including digital channels). You’ll work from briefs to conceive, develop and produce effective messaging utilising your strong conceptual and copy skills.

You’ll be responsible for editing content for various projects (either in response to briefs and/or as part of projects led by the Comms. And Marketing Team), in according to guidelines and tone of voice, helping shape messaging and storytelling.

Your role as a Copywriting and Communications Officer is to:

• Plan and deliver a wide range of top-notch communications. From developing well thought out integrated communications plans and audience focused messaging you’ll also oversee or deliver a range of communications.
• Provide copy-writing and copy-editing support to projects and campaigns across Mind, promoting a consistent tone of voice and style for Mind’s communications.
• Work collaboratively with teams, ensuring that all copy ideas generated use plain English, adhere to the organisation's editorial and language guidelines and are audience focused - tailoring messages as appropriate to each channel (printed and online, external and internal).
• Proof-read, edit and check spelling and grammar, amending/revising a variety of messages and communications materials, as well as copy for website (as and when needed).

This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please complete an application form addressing how you meet the criteria for the role. Successful candidates will be notified a couple of days before the confirmed interview date of 26th April 2021. Subject to applications received, second interviews may be held the following week.

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

Closing date: 23rd April 2021

Digital and Innovation Officer 

We are looking for a Digital and Innovation Officer to support a new voluntary sector transformation programme. 

The charity is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector and volunteering in Wales. Their aim is to work towards a future where the voluntary sector and volunteering thrive across Wales, improving wellbeing for all.

Position: Digital and Innovation Officer 

Location: Flexible Homebased, there are office hubs in Abergele, Aberystwyth and Cardiff and there will be a requirement to attend staff events as required 

Salary: £28,224- £29,912 depending on experience

Duration: Permanent 

Hours: 35 hours per week.  A flexi time scheme is in operation and time off in lieu is permissible for any work required to be undertaken outside the normal hours. 

Closing Date: 29th April 2021

About the role:  

The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of voluntary organisations being able to learn and adapt quickly in the context of huge change and uncertainty. To make a bigger difference, organisations will need to develop skills and confidence around innovation and digital transformation. As Digital and Innovation Officer you play a key role in helping to develop tools and resources to support voluntary organisations in this. 

Some of your key responsibilities will include:  

• Support a new voluntary sector transformation programme, co-ordinating with programme managers, internal colleagues, participants, stakeholders and funders. 
• Support a series of emerging workstreams being developed with partners to enable the voluntary sector in Wales to make a bigger difference through innovation and digital opportunities. 
• Develop tools and resources on the Third Sector Knowledge Hub
• Identify opportunities for developing further work in these areas 
• Work with colleagues in the communications team to engage members and other stakeholders in this work and communicate the difference it makes. 
• Transfer learning from the externally facing programmes to support internal development. 
• Support monitoring, evaluation and reporting to funders 

About you:  

To be successful in the role of Digital and Innovation Officer you will need to be experienced in a similar digital or innovation role, you will also bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Strong empathy with an ability to work well within a team as well as with a diverse range of people externally. 
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate clearly across different types of communications. 
• Project management skills, with the ability to plan, develop schedules and meet deadlines. 
• Confidence in digital communication and engagement with a willingness to learn quickly and use different platforms to engage effectively with different audiences. 
• Willingness to experiment and learn, drawing on evidence and feedback. 

Although not essential, a knowledge of the voluntary sector would be highly beneficial for this role, as would Welsh language skills. 

Other roles you may have had experience of could include: Innovation officer, Digital Officer, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovation Manager, Social Media and Digital officer, Digital and Technology Officer, Senior Digital Officer, Digital Transformation, Digital information Officer, Digital Development etc.

Permanent - 35 hours per week

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

The Multimedia Officer is an exciting new role that sits within the Communications and Production team at Mind. The Communications and Production Team sits within the Communications and Marketing team, whose role is to lifts Mind’s brand, tells our story in a planned, and audience led way and delivers strategic, life changing communications.

The Multimedia Officer will support the organisation in being more creative and innovative when communicating with our audiences. You will help improve production, collection, storage and implementation of our core multimedia assets – including photos, stories, infographics, videos, design assets, animations, etc.

Your role as Multimedia Officer is to:

• Be Mind’s go to person for photography, ensuring the organisation’s photo needs are met and our image library is refreshed and up to date. The Multimedia Officer will coordinate photoshoots from developing the brief through to sourcing suppliers and case studies to uploading the images and consents to the library.
• Using video production skills and/or by outsourcing to preferred suppliers (when necessary), you’ll also be responsible for coordinating and producing video content, ensuring our films are engaging and audience/channel appropriate.
• You’ll provide specialist technical and production expertise in audio-visual content. You will act as an in-house audio-visual design resource and be responsible for creating and producing a range of on and offline visual content for a variety of channels.

With a track record in multimedia arts, multimedia production, graphic-visual communication design and a keen eye for aesthetics and designs, candidates will have excellent branding principles knowledge and application in communications work. Experience with developing a range of multi-media communications and tools, you will have strong photo and video editing skills, coupled with strong, up to date knowledge of digital design.You will have a high competence and /orexperience with the use of a broad range of software applications for multimedia editing and production, including Adobe Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier and After Affects.

Closing Date: 20th April 2021

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

You will join Mind at an exciting time, as we begin implementation of our 2021-2025 strategy. As Senior Social Media Officer, you will play a key role in achieving our vision.

Reporting to the Digital Content Manager, you will oversee planning and content production processes of our social media channels, and play a lead role in developing, testing, and reporting on innovative digital content.

You will work collaboratively with staff across Mind and external contacts, making sure that content planning is aligned with organisational planning and external events.

You will lead on Mind’s digital response to external activity, working closely with the Media team to develop appropriate responses and supporting the Digital Content Manager in crisis management.

Supporting the Digital Content Manager you will work with an external moderation supplier to manage Mind’s social media engagement, developing processes and on-going training and quality assurance. You must be an empathetic person who understands the impact of mental health problems and how this can affect the way people access our services through social media.

To be successful in this role, candidates will have demonstrable experience in a social media role, including planning and delivering digital content across a range of channels, with the ability to develop digital content for different audiences across online communications. You will also have experience of maintaining and protecting an organisation’s brand in a variety of formats.

Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, in particular Adobe Illustrator, is essential for this role.

Experience in Audio/Visual content production would be desirable, however is not essential.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please complete an application form addressing how you meet the criteria for the role referring to the job description and person specification attached.

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

Closing date: 25th April 2021

Job title: Fundraising Manager

Responsible to: Director of Business Development

Salary: £30,000 - 33,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales / Home Working

Hours: Full-time 

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities and we would be open to those interested in applying as a jobshare. 

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions of 3% 

Introduction

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community. This is an exciting time to join us as we are undergoing a period of transition building a new senior management team.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, Fundraising Manager to build a diverse funding base and lead a new fundraising team securing our services into the future, for people in one of the most deprived areas of the UK.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with the Business Development Director you will lead the small fundraising team. You will lead on statutory fundraising and large bids and you will line manage a team member who will focus on individual giving and digital fundraising and a consultant who will lead on trust and foundation fundraising. 

Management & Leadership

•  To lead, inspire and motivate fundraising staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to raise funds and contribute significantly to organisational development.

•  Work with Business Development Director to review and implement fundraising strategy.

•   Manage Digital & Marketing Officer post contributing to development of Communications Action Plan ensuring key targets are met

•  Assist with developing and scrutinising project plans in collaboration with Project Teams, to ensure they are accurate, deliverable and will achieve their objectives.

•  Lead and directly manage a portfolio of key relationships.

Income generation

•  Research potential grant making organisations and analyse their suitability to feed into the grant prospect pipeline to achieve identified targets

•   Research and develop diverse income generation initiatives including a local Lottery, digital fundraising, individual giving, legacy & in memoriam gifts, major donors.

•  Prepare and submit high quality funding applications and reports to grant making organisations.

• Scrutinise project budgets and financial information for applications and for grant reports.

•  Support the account management of successful applications, liaising with the programme project manager and finance team and ensuring that funding and reporting criteria are fully met and specific challenges in relation to programme objectives transparently communicated.

•   Develop and initiate innovative fundraising ideas

Monitoring & Evaluation

•  Maintain and develop the database of contacts: individual donors, corporates, grant making bodies ensuring the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) are adhered to across all income generation activities and that all data collection is in accordance with these regulations.

•  Review grant agreements

•  Ensure all incoming grants are processed in line with internal procedures and best practice guidelines.

•  Ensure prompt and appropriate acknowledgement of all grant income, ensuring all information relating to each grant is accurate, up to date and well organised.

•  Maintain a timetable of deadlines to ensure grant making organisations receive reports and other correspondence as required.

•  Ensure that all donor communications are handled appropriately, promptly and courteously and that complaints and criticisms are logged, investigated and resolved

• Ensure collection of key data and evidence to enhance Valleys Kids case for support. 

Compliance

• To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities adhering to Fundraising Code of Practise and GDPR legislation.

Person Specification

• At least 5 years experience of fundraising in the Charity/Social enterprise sector 
• Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.
• Experience of managing an effective team, with ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.
• A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.
• Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities
• Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.
• A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships with a wide variety of funders
• An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well. 
• Experience of budget and financial management
• An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.
• Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.
• Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.
• Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

Are you confident and creative with excellent communication skills? Are you able to plan effectively, manage relationships with supporters and develop new fundraising opportunities, particularly in the digital realm? 

If so, we want to hear from you! WWA is expanding our fundraising team to enable us to develop our fundraising function, fully implement our fundraising action plan, and nurture and grow our community of individual & community-based supporters. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake a Chartered Institute of Fundraising qualification as part of the role, if not already held. 

A proactive approach, ability to take initiative and willingness to contribute new ideas are essential, as is a commitment to working towards the vision and value of Welsh Women’s Aid. 

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 26th April 2021 

Interviews: Tuesday 4th May 2021 

This post is open to women only under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.    

We value diversity and are committed to promoting equality. We encourage applications from women from all backgrounds and communities - applicants from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority backgrounds and people with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be guaranteed an interview. 

Funded from the Third Sector Resilience Fund for Wales Phase 2 Scheme, administered by WCVA. 

Registered charity number: 1140962    

Information Officer

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Information Officer Responsibilities:

The Information Worker (Dementia Friends) will raise the profile of Dementia across the Bridgend County Borough Area through the delivery of Dementia Friends Sessions to Businesses, Organisations, Schools and various other groups. They will play a part in the development and growth of the wider Dementia Friendly Bridgend initiative and overall help to improve awareness and access to appropriate support and services across Bridgend.

This post is funded by Bridgend County Borough Council via the Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (BAVO). At the time of appointment, the role will be home based though as Covid-19 restrictions ease you will be required to work from the BAVO Office (Maesteg) and will be required to deliver face to face Dementia Friends information sessions, all fully in line with BAVO’s office operating procedures and Welsh Government guidance and advice.

Information Officer Requirements:

You will possess an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent and have experience of providing information, preferably in regards to health or social care. You will have excellent public speaking skills and hold the ability to form quick relationships with a wide audience. A good understanding of the local area and an understanding of the issues faced by people affected by dementia will be beneficial.

As the local Information Worker, you will work with the wider Dementia Friendly Communities network in the Bridgend County Borough area to identify opportunities to deliver Dementia Friends sessions. You will also be required to inform people of the wider Dementia Friendly Community movement as well as signposting to appropriate services or training.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Information Worker (Dementia Friends)
Location: Bridgend and District
Contract type: Fixed Term 11 months
Hours: 18 per week
Salary: £9,301.86 - £9,772.46 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 22 April 2021
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Information Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, Administrator, Information Officer, Customer Service, Community Development, Advisor, Communications Officer, Digital Resources, Marcoms, Marketing Communications, Information Resources etc.

Ref: 98296

Are you a fashion conscious dog lover?

Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK with a nationwide network of rehoming centres and charity shops. Last year, Dogs Trust centres cared for over 9,000 dogs; we never put a healthy dog down.

With approximately 40 retail stores already across the UK and new stores opening almost weekly, Dogs Trust is the most rapidly growing charity retailer in the UK. With a broad range of donated and bought in products, we are looking for dynamic and flexible managers who have the customer and the charity at the heart of everything they do. 

Now you can be part of our next chapter. We are seeking a commercially minded Store Manager, working 5 days a week (including most weekends), to help to build and inspire a team of volunteers, take personal ownership for the performance of the store, maximise profits and deliver excellent customer service. In this varied and exciting role you will be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with Rehoming Centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand. This is a great opportunity to be part of a busy and dynamic retail environment that changes every day!

So if you have retail experience along with strong team and budgetary management skills and enjoy leading from the front and driving sales through commercial awareness and inspirational customer service whilst making a difference to the dogs in our care, please apply.

Please note that this is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity. 

At Dogs Trust we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to achieve our mission. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, either at application or interview stage, please contact us.

Are you passionate about housing in Wales?  Do you want to join a vibrant and passionate team?

Due to growth in our services, we have an exciting opportunity to join TPAS Cymru and really make a difference in social housing in Wales.

For over 30 years, TPAS Cymru has done great work all across Wales in developing effective tenant engagement through training, support, practical projects and policy development. We love what we do, and we are proud of our work.

The pandemic has meant changes across Wales to how services are delivered and therefore how communities engage and support each other.  Exciting new digital based solutions are emerging to deliver effective engagement and advice.

As an organisation, we are leading new ways of thinking and sharing best practice to help tenants, landlord and communities adapt. 

The role we are looking to fill is:

Project Co-Ordinator 

Based initially at home but once restrictions allow, based from our Cardiff office.

28 hours per week.

Contract Type: Initially 12m contract with expectation to make permanent.

Salary: £24,000 FTE = £19,200 pro-rata for 28hrs per week

We also have a very good holiday allowance and 5% pension contribution, and we do our best to accommodate flexibility in work practices.

Interested?  Visit our website are www.tpas.cymru/blog/project-co-ordinator

Check out our social media and YouTube channel. Could you do better? We hope so.

No agencies please.

Are you proactive, energetic, and organised? Do you have demonstrable experience of delivering events and managing projects against income and awareness generating targets?

If so, this exciting role within our client's Fundraising Team could be a great next career move!

Working closely with the wider Fundraising team, and their overarching Marketing and Events teams, you will promote and deliver a range of Fundraising events within local communities across the South West, raising vital funds in support of children and their families who receive care at Charlton Farm.

They value their staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team. Benefits include generous annual leave, personal pension scheme, supportive staff policies and of course the knowledge that every day your work makes a real difference to short and precious lives.

About our client:

They are a registered charity dedicated to the provision of hospice care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in the South West.

Location: Bristol - Charlton Farm

Contract Type: Fixed Term (maternity cover)

Hours: Part Time, 22.5 per week

Salary: £27,109 - £31,828 per annum (pro-rata), plus benefits

Closing date: Wednesday 21 April 2021

Estimated Interview date: Thursday 6th May 2021

Our client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all employees must obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. They welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Charity Registration Number 1003314

You may have experience of the following: Events Fundraiser, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising and Events Coordinator, Event Fundraiser, Marketing Assistant, Community Fundraiser, Direct Marketing, Events Coordinator, Community Fundraising, Events Assistant, Third Sector, Charity, Not for Profit, Fundraiser, Fundraising Assistant, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Sales Executive, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 98031

Liveable Cities & Towns Officer, North Wales

(ref: SUS3156)

£24,938 per annum

37.5 hours per week – Contract to 31 March 2023

Flexible base, including home working – to cover Rhyl area

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team and support us with our vision to make places more liveable for everyone – places that connect us to each other and what we need, and where everyone can thrive without having to use a car. 

Working alongside stakeholders, communities and businesses, your role will support our partners to develop and deliver projects and initiatives such as an e-bike loan scheme, using it to inspire other changes in the community.

About You

We are looking for a creative and innovative individual with a community development background. 

You will understand the challenges that communities and individuals face in moving around their town or city healthily.

You will be a well-organised self-starter and have experience of delivering projects that benefit the community.

So if you are a confident advocate for the benefits of walking & cycling and understand the role both have to play in making better places to live & work, apply today!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Tuesday 27 April 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during week commencing Tuesday 4 May 2021

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Liveable Cities & Towns Officer, South Wales

(ref: SUS3157)

£24,938 per annum

37.5 hours per week – Contract to 31 March 2023

Flexible base, including home working – to cover Swansea and Barry

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team and support us with our vision to make places more liveable for everyone – places that connect us to each other and what we need, and where everyone can thrive without having to use a car.

Working alongside stakeholders, communities and businesses, your role will support our partners to develop and deliver projects and initiatives such as an e-bike loan scheme, using it to inspire other changes in the community.

About You

We are looking for a creative and innovative individual with a community development background. 

You will understand the challenges that communities and individuals face in moving around their town or city healthily.

You will be a well-organised self-starter and have experience of delivering projects that benefit the community.

So if you are a confident advocate for the benefits of walking & cycling and understand the role both have to play in making better places to live & work, apply today!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Tuesday 27 April 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during week commencing Tuesday 4 May 2021.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Job Title: Director of Income Generation and Communications
Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience
Contract: Full time, permanent
Location: Flexible, with regular visits to the head office in Cardiff, as required.

We are looking for a passionate, creative and values-driven senior fundraising and communications leader to join our growing team and help position Llamau as the key charity in Wales, determined to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women.

Ending Homelessness, Changing Futures

At Llamau we believe that no young person or vulnerable woman should ever have to experience homelessness. Our mission is to eradicate homelessness for young people and vulnerable women. But for thousands of the most vulnerable people in Wales, homelessness is a frightening reality. We aim to change this.

We're looking for a warm, friendly, inspiring leader, with a demonstrable track record of growing income and delivering successful marketing and communications strategies. With an empathetic and collaborative management style, you will lead and motivate your team to deliver sustainable long-term income growth across all areas of fundraising and income generation, and to ensure Llamau's visibility and credibility as one of Wales' leading charities.

You will be a strategic doer, with the ability to develop and deliver income generation and marketing strategies which support our vision and ambition. You will be able to set the strategic direction for your team and engender next level growth.

Financially astute, with the ability to clearly set and monitor KPIs and a commitment to continuous improvement, you will also be happy to roll up your sleeves and get involved in the operational side of things as needed. You will be a proactive, dynamic and ambitious individual capable of co-ordinating and prioritising the diverse elements of this role. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and persuade. You will be comfortable developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders - both internal and external.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our ambitious, supportive, fun and high-achieving team. For lots more details or a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Philippa at Charity People.

To Apply

Please share your CV in the first instance with Philippa at Charity People. If your experience matches what we are looking for, we will send you the full candidate pack and will arrange for a call and/or Zoom meeting to brief you on the role. Following this conversation, you will have everything you need to apply formally. We look forward to hearing from you.

Timeline

Deadline for applications 9am on Monday 26^th April
Interviews with Charity People 26^th - 29^th April
1^st stage interviews with Llamau w/c 3^rd May
2^nd stage interviews with Llamau w/c 10^th May

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.