You will be responsible for the ongoing strategic development, contract management, quality assurance and operational delivery of Salford Foundation’s Targeted Adult Support Services.

Introduction
Salford Foundation is a social inclusion charity working across Greater Manchester and the North West.  We want to create a fair society in which everyone has the opportunities and resources to reach their potential.  Our services and support reach over 9,000 people each year, helping those with a wide range of needs. Our Targeted Adult Support function covers three key areas of delivery: education and training; rehabilitation; and health and wellbeing. This new post has been created as part of a restructure, which is required due to growth in the charity’s activities.

The Role
You will have a significant experience of successfully, designing, delivering, managing and monitoring projects and activities within the charitable or public sector. You will have good working knowledge of the remits covered by our Targeted Adult Support Team and be a highly motivated, values-driven manager. You will have responsibility for the ongoing strategic development, contract management, quality assurance and operational delivery of our Targeted Adult Support projects.

Closing date is Thursday 10th February 2022, 12 noon
Interviews will take place on Thursday 17th February 2022

Equality & Diversity: We are a disability confident, inclusive community and are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all people.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key tasks and responsibilities

1. To provide inspirational leadership for the employability, rehabilitation and health and wellbeing services, which collectively comprise the Targeted Adult Support function.
2. To act as the lead contract and grant manager for projects within the team, liaising with key management personnel representing funders. To ensure projects are delivered flexibly and responsively to meet people’s needs and contractual KPI’s.
3. To line manage, train, develop, support and supervise agreed members of staff.
4. To engage with and build relationships with key stakeholders including: public sector partners, corporate partners, prime contractors and training providers to enhance service development and operational delivery.
5. To work collaboratively with the CEO and the Business Development Manager in developing the Team’s strategy and funding plans; to identify new service development or market opportunities and help to secure grant and contract income.
6. To manage the team’s budgets, liaising with the Business Manager and Finance Team, ensuring compliance with internal and external financial procedures.
7. To act as a ‘senior practitioner,’ promoting best practice, encouraging solution-focused approaches and supporting the development of staff and volunteers.
8. To lead the team’s implementation of project life cycle, contract management and quality assurance processes; with responsibility for monitoring and reporting to external funders, ensuring timely and accurate submission of financial claims and monitoring data.
9. To prepare and submit accurate and timely quarterly, impact and progress reports to SMT and the Board and other management information, as required.
10. To create a strong, collaborative team ethos within Targeted Adult Support, enabling people to work cross-functionally and to support one another effectively.

Other Tasks

1. To act as an ambassador and promote Salford Foundation’s services to stakeholders at meetings and networking events and through social media and other communications, including our website. 
2. To attend supervisory sessions, training and development, briefings and networking events to keep up to date with relevant legislation, policies and best practice.
3. To implement and comply with all Salford Foundation’s policies and procedures including Safeguarding Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Data Protection and Confidentiality.
4. To undertake any other tasks of a similar level of responsibility as requested by the CEO or another member of the Senior Management Team.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and Understanding

• Detailed working knowledge of at least one key area of the Team’s delivery: rehabilitation, training and employment or Health and Wellbeing
• Broad knowledge and understanding of themes and issues within the Targeted Adult Support portfolio of services
• Understanding of the needs and priorities of external funders
• Knowledge and understanding of management systems, processes and techniques
• Applied knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation and best practice, including safeguarding, health and safety, HR, equality and diversity and GDPR

Experience

• Significant and substantial experience of managing projects or services, within the charitable or public sector
• Significant and substantial experience of managing, coaching and developing staff
• Significant and substantial experience of managing and reporting on KPI’s and meeting targets
• Experience of managing external funding
• Experience of working with disadvantaged and/or vulnerable people and multi-agency working/ liaison

Skills, Abilities & Qualification

• A professional qualification or demonstrable continuous professional development, relevant to the Team’s functions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate with key decision makers
• Ability to work autonomously, plan and prioritise own workload
• Good numeracy and literacy skills with ability to analyse and present data
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office, proficient in diary management, Word & excel and databases
• Intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrable ability to learn and develop ‘on the job’

Values and Attitudes

• A ‘can do’ attitude focused on solutions and continuous improvement
• A team player, sensitive and responsive to the needs of others
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to maintaining personal and commercial confidentiality
• Commitment to Salford Foundation’s core values

Special Conditions

• The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check
• A driving licence and access/use of a car is essential for this role
• Flexibility is required including occasional early morning, evening and weekend working

This is an exciting time to join Depaul UK. We are currently looking for a motivated and experienced Education Partnerships Coordinator to work alongside the National Prevention Services Manager and the wider Education Team to design, develop, and deliver the Depaul Education programme. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £23,128 per annum + pension and benefits (FTE) or £15,419 p/a pro rata.

Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. We specialise in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness

Over the past 30 years, we have grown as an organisation and developed and enhanced our work and the impact it has across the UK.  Depaul UK has a wide range of services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness.

The Education Partnerships Coordinator Role: 

This is an exciting opportunity to develop new partnerships with schools and colleges across England to maximise the delivery of our programme nationally.

This role is focused on creating new opportunities and generate bookings for the Education Officers to deliver the programme in schools, colleges and Pupil Referral Units. The post-holder will be involved in running dynamic workshops for large groups for young people as well as more intensive sessions on topics such as conflict management.

What makes this role exciting?

• A full induction to Depaul UK and training for the role, with ongoing opportunities for professional development.
• Training in the Depaul Endeavour model
• Continuous support and supervision, including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner.

What will ideally support your success in this Education Partnerships Coordinator role?

• Significant knowledge of the secondary education sector and experience of delivering work in partnership with secondary schools
• Experience of designing and developing high-quality and innovative promotional and marketing materials suitable for both digital use and print.
• Working knowledge and experience of target-driven environments, marketing and generating income, ideally within an educational context.
• Be highly computer literate, with knowledge of creating digital media and effectively using social media for marketing and promotional purposes.

 What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

You'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Education Partnerships Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for Education Partnerships Coordinator applications: Wednesday 02 February 2022 at 12:00 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Volunteering team, supporting the FareShare Greater Manchester and Touch Wood operations.    It's a busy and varied role, but primarily focuses on recruiting, engaging and retaining volunteers to support the important work we do. 

The role requires someone with ideas and a good knowledge of the voluntary sector to recruit, train, and develop volunteers across our service.  The Volunteer Coordinator will work closely with the Volunteering and Employability Programmes Manager to identify ongoing volunteering needs for the organisation.

You'll be organised and highly proficient in all administrative duties.  You'll also help to manage and deliver our employability programme supporting administration of short courses.  You must be able to provide monitoring data to be used in compiling monthly reports for Board meetings, funding reports and audit purposes.  You'll have strong communication skills including a good telephone manner and be confident in dealing with enquiries at all levels.  We reach a wide variety of people from different backgrounds, abilities and communities. 

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths.  We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.

The closing date for completed applications is noon on Friday 28th January 2022.  Interviews are expected to take place the following week.

The Students’ Union works on behalf of the 40,000+ students of the University of Manchester and the 350+ societies that those students set up and belong to which cover a wide variety of interests including culture and faith, arts, volunteering, academic, sports and recreation and campaigning. Societies are a key component of the university experience and are a vital part of developing communities that enrich student life alongside their academic studies. In any one academic year, we can facilitate in excess of 1,000 room and venue bookings across the university campus.

This role will be the main point of contact for students and groups looking to book rooms, venues and spaces in the students’ union building and across the university campus. To do this, this role is the main liaison between students and Central Teaching Spaces (CTS), the university based team that book and manage all university rooms and lecture theatres. This role also conducts initial research for any visiting speakers attending events in line with SU and university guidelines. This role works with the SU Venues team to enquire about availability in the Manchester Academy Venues located within the Students’ Union for use by students and groups for various activities and events.

Duties

• To facilitate student group activity across the university campus by booking venues, rooms and spaces as requested.
• To research and approve visiting speakers attending events at the SU and university.
• To keep accurate records of numbers and details of bookings made to inform reports and allow analysis of data.
• Support in developing training for student groups on new processes and systems.
• Work with colleagues to identify key areas requiring support over the coming year, to enhance the experience of all student groups and meet the relevant aims of the Students’ Union strategy.

Applications close: 08/02/2022 23.59pm

Interviews commence: 14/02/2022

Applications may close early if required.

The Cares Family’s mission is to help people find connection in a disconnected age. Our objectives are to reduce loneliness and isolation; improve people’s connection, belonging, purpose and power in a changing world; and bring people together to reduce social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

Over the last decade our model has grown from a tiny idea in a single place into a national leader. Combined, North London Cares (founded in 2011), South London Cares (2014), Manchester Cares (2017), Liverpool Cares (2018) and East London Cares (2019), have connected some 25,000 older and younger neighbours to share nearly 1 million interactions and 250,000 hours.

As well as having an impact on individual lives and communities, in the past three years, The Cares Family has started to have an impact at the systemic and cultural levels too – through new projects, storytelling and campaigning that are rapidly increasing our profile and making an even bigger difference.

As The Cares Family’s Grants Coordinator, you will work closely with our Head of Development, Partnerships Manager, and the wider Development Team of 11 fundraisers to provide exceptional relationship management for our active grants and portfolio of hundreds of Trusts and Foundations.

In this role, you will be tasked with identifying new opportunities and engaging with new and existing funders by composing timely and high quality written proposals and impact reports. Your excellent stewardship and relationship management face to face, on the phone and in writing will enable you to maximise opportunities, uplift gifts and secure new income for The Cares Family.

You will generate a minimum of £100,000 a year from small and medium sized Trusts and Foundations(grants of up to £25,000 each) across the five branches of The Cares Family.

This is an exciting time to join our friendly, high performing and ambitious fundraising team. Our Trust function has grown significantly over the past three years. This role will crucially enable the team to build on its successes to date to maximise opportunities, steward our growing portfolios, secure new partnerships and raise vital new income.

With so much of this role depending on excellent account management, we need a real people-person, someone who considers themselves to be an excellent communicator and writer, who can build relationships and craft compelling written narratives, often at pace.

To apply for this role, please read the job description and application task descriptions carefully, and submit your application by Wednesday 2nd February 2022, at 23:59. 

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

37 hours per week

SCP16-19 £24,012 - £25,481 per annum

BASED IN MANCHESTER WITH TRAVEL / HOME WORKING

The newly created post of Volunteer Coordinator will improve the promotion, recruitment, selection, induction and ongoing support for volunteers across our organisation especially in meeting the rigorous standards for safe recruitment.  Our ultimate objective is to provide a best practice approach to welcoming and supporting the contribution of volunteers.

The role will be critical in supporting Service Managers meet their management responsibilities for volunteers and while developing our practices to ensure volunteers are motivated, nurtured and fulfilled and opportunities are inclusive.

The role will provide support to identify and develop opportunities to make volunteering within Caritas more accessible and increase the diversity of our volunteers so that they reflect the communities that we support.  Additionally to include those who have lived experience of particular challenges like homelessness, poverty or isolation in order to build confidence and develop skills and potentially to develop opportunities for corporate volunteers.

An appropriate professional qualification is required relevant to the ability to develop, co-ordinate and train volunteers along with being able to evidence sound working knowledge of current legislation as it relates to volunteering.

Closing date: Wednesday, 2 February 2022 at 10:00am

Interview: Friday, 11 February 2022

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices.

Good Practice & Partnerships Team and Clients Access to Rights & Entitlements (CARE) Project West Midlands

London, Birmingham, Bradford or Manchester with significant home working options

Part time - 14 hours per week

Permanent - with initial funding for two years

We’re looking for a Partner Development Project Coordinator to increase access to justice in the West Midlands by offering developmental support to 6 – 12 asylum, refugee and / or migrant organisations on a one-to-one and regional basis.

The role is part of an exciting partnership between two Refugee Action teams – the Clients Access to Rights and Essentials (CARE) Project West Midlands and Good Practice and Partnerships (GPP).

Building on our existing initial organisational needs assessments, the Partner Development Project Coordinator will co-create individual development plans / agreements and provide bespoke support packages with and for the partner organisations.  Their focus will be in 3 main areas: 

1. Develop - Supporting partners to develop their immigration advice models and / or legal literacy practice, whilst working closely with the Frontline Immigration Advice Project (FIAP) to enable them to access training and support.

1. Amplify - Working with partners who would like to increase the engagement of Experts by Experience into their own service offers by supporting them to access the Lived Experience Exchange Programme (part of Explore Adapt Renew – a Good Practice and Partnerships project).

1. Collaborate - Creating local / regional networks to increase peer support, referral pathways and collaboration between organisations who provide legal advice.  Exploring the viability of piloting a Community of Practice in the West Midlands.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Understanding of the wider needs, hopes and experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, combined with a particular-focus on their legal immigration advice needs.

• Understanding of how to assess organisational needs and how to provide high quality development support to a range of organisations (from grassroots to small and medium sized), including identifying needs and working towards solutions.

• Experience of development work that is empowering, preventative and / or asset-based; enabling communities of people or organisations to gain confidence, skills and resilience.

• Excellent networking and partnership-building skills, with the ability to initiate and maintain effective networks.

• Understanding of how organisations can increase the amount of asylum and immigration legal advice provision within their services, as well as local area networks / ecosystems.

• Excellent facilitation skills.

• Experience, or relevant transferable experience, of partnership working within the voluntary, legal or asylum / refugee / migrant sectors in the West Midlands; especially Birmingham, Coventry and / or Stoke on Trent.

• For further details, and to apply, please visit our website.

  Those with lived experience as a refugee are encouraged to apply.

  Closing date: 09:00am, Monday 7th February 2022

  Interviews: Monday 21st February 2022 – online via Zoom

Are you a people-person, relationship builder interested in female empowerment, sustainable fashion and making a real change to society?  If so, then this opportunity may be for you!

Hours:                   Will consider applications from 24 hours per week up to 40 hours per week (FTE). 

We offer different ways to work flexibly including hybrid working options and part-time arrangements so please feel free to talk about what flexible working means to you at interview.

Location: Flexible/WFH with occasional evening work (events).  Office location is Stockport, SK1 1DS

Salary: £23,000 per annum FTE (40 hours). Pro rata salary - £13,850 based on 24 hours per week/Pro rata  salary - £18,470 based on 32 hours per week.

As we strive to fully represent our diverse communities, we would especially encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and disabled people.

About the role

Job Purpose:

To identify and develop strong and positive relationships with a diverse range of referral partners to ensure a sustainable source of client referrals to our service.  Your role will be key in finding the pipeline that will enable us to deliver on our ambitious growth strategy of doubling the number of women we support.

Key Accountabilities:

You will lead on driving referrals and growth of the organisation through a passion for and understanding of Smart Works Greater Manchester services and building excellent working relationships.  Will be reqired to travel in and around Greater Manchester.

Reporting to the Business Manager, as Engagement and Referral Outreach Lead you will be an integral part of a small team, fundamental to our charity’s operation.

Your principal role is to focus on growing our outreach activity with a range of existing and potential referral partner organisations across Greater Manchester and the North-West who refer women into our service.  This will involve researching and identifying new opportunities for collaboration and reaching out virtually and over the telephone as well as representing the organisation at events and networking opportunities, sharing key messages and building our reputation to generate new partnerships. 

You’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with current referral partners which include: Job Centre Plus, Women’s Refuges, justice organisations, employability programmes, housing associations, support groups and other third sector organisations.

This position provides an opportunity to be creative in engaging and involving both existing and new referral partners with an innovative approach to in-person and online events/activities.

You’ll need to record and maintain accurate records and produce monthly reports on referral activity, so a working knowledge of MS Office applications is desirable as is the ability to be able to keep your cool under pressure in order to manage competing demands for your time and respond quickly to problem solve as issues arise.

We are particularly keen to build referrals from those communities, age groups and locations currently underrepresented in our client profile and expand our reach across the region.

About You

You will be a self-starter, action orientated and have excellent organisational and networking skills, to enable you to build and maintain successful partnerships to encourage referrals to our services.

A highly organised and positive individual, you will be passionate about empowering women to thrive in work and life.  You will be a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing, be able to multi-task, think on your feet and bring a determination to meet our aim of helping as many women as we can get into work.

Please note, candidates must identify as female, due to the nature of our services.

Person Specification:

Experience

• Demonstrable experience and understanding of using client databases and associated reporting tools
• Proven experience of generating leads through networking/relationship building either in a sales, recruitment or not for profit role
• Experience of delivering presentations both virtual and face to face to a wide variety of audiences
• Experience of producing reports, spreadsheets and power point presentations
• Experience of providing exceptional customer service
• Previous experience of working in a similar role with referral partners and/or unemployed women (desirable)
• Knowledge of the Charity/Not for profit sector in Greater Manchester/North-West of England (desirable)

Skills and Aptitude

• The skills and confidence to liaise with, influence, provide support to, and develop relationships with referrers, clients and volunteers
• Good understanding of current digital and social media platforms
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to write and present clearly and concisely
• Excellent administrative and organisation skills
• Ability to problem solve and work to deadlines under pressure
• Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Ability to make effective use of a wide range of IT and digital applications (e.g. Office 365 including SharePoint and Teams)
• Committed to continuous professional development and maintaining pace with industry trends and developments
• Willing and able to work between an office and a home environment
• Willing to travel in and around Greater Manchester - ability to drive/access to a car would be advantageous

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements 

Langworthy Cornerstone is looking for a Chief Officer to lead and manage our local charity in Salford. The Chief Officer will build on our passion to improve local health and wellbeing and our good reputation locally so that we can continue play an important part in promoting the health and wellbeing of the local community.

We are looking for an inspiring individual who can make things happen and deliver change, whilst also maintaining a welcoming environment for all local residents and supporting well established groups in the centre.

The opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives whilst gaining management experience and developing your skill set through working with local residents, public services and voluntary sector organisations on a range of key projects.

The role offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of our programmes enhancing the Health and Wellbeing of the local community.

WHO WE ARE
City Hearts was founded in 2005, beginning with a single home to help women with life controlling issues, shortly after we welcomed our first survivor of modern slavery. Since then, we have expanded across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life controlling issues. In 2018 we partnered with South Yorkshire Police to launch About Face, a trauma-informed programme committed to breaking the cycle of crime, partnering alongside other organisations such as South Yorkshire Police, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Drug and Alcohol Services, amongst many others. We are passionate about restoring the lives of those we support, and it would not be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
ROLE SUMMARY
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworker within our Outreach Support Team in the North West. In this role, you’ll be responsible for supporting survivors of modern slavery currently within the National Referral Mechanism who are living within the community. The role is to assess and respond to client needs, signpost clients to local services to meet identified needs, and to empower clients to take steps towards independence. You will also work in an agile and responsive team environment providing a great standard of support for clients. 

At City Hearts, we’re committed to providing our staff with the resources needed for their role. This takes the form of development and learning opportunities for all employees, but also our dedication to maintaining and supporting the wellbeing of each individual that forms a part of our team. We know that by doing so, it positions us to provide the very best care and support for some of society’s most vulnerable. As a member of the team here at City Hearts, you’ll also receive: 

•  Regular accredited and in-house training on specialist subjects such as trauma, mental health, safeguarding, conflict management and more
•  Medicash Health Plan- including an EAP (Employee Assistance Programme that covers up to 8 one to one private counselling sessions a year), money towards dental and optical costs and much more
•  30 days holiday per year (plus accrued holiday days for length of service)
•  The opportunity to attend Group Supervision every 6 weeks with qualified therapists
•  Commitment to annual salary reviews
•  Progression opportunities including our Staff Development Scheme, providing you with the chance to specialise in a key aspect of your role

Job Title: Outreach Caseworker (Fixed term Maternity Cover)
Reports to: Outreach Coordinator 
Contracted Hours: 37.5 hours per week          
Contract Duration:
Salary: £20,500 pro rata per annum 
Location: North West
Closing Date: 28.01.2022     
Interview Date: w/c 31st January 2022
Direct Reports: N/A

•  Providing casework support for Survivors Of Human Trafficking across the Merseyside region.
•  Each full time caseworker will oversee 16-20 clients of varying levels of support need (or pro rata equivalent if a part-time role)
•  To work effectively as a team, including giving responsive feedback and handover information to Line Manager, and colleagues where there is a shared caseload.
•  To independently meet deadlines, including accurately recording and logging support hours, documenting relevant client information and completing other administrative paperwork in adherence to the terms of the contract.
•  To risk assess and take appropriate steps to safeguard clients.
•  To follow ECAT requests and meet KPIs set by contractors.
•  Ensuring all clients receive the full protection/support of the EU convention, as laid out in article 12 of the ECAT.
•  To arrange appointments for individual clients, and liaising with organisations and individuals regarding clients in a professional manner.
•  Visiting clients face to face (where suitable) a minimum of once a month, taking into account what is reasonable to meet that client’s needs.
•  Meeting clients in an appropriate environment, including using remote sessions where needed.
•  To ensure the progression of clients through the system, including journey planning and move on strategies, within the required time frame.
•  To regularly attend supervision meetings with Line Manager.
•  Adhering to all internal procedures regarding City Hearts and any legislation.
•  Promoting CH in adherence to the terms of the contract – this may include attending events on behalf of CH as a whole.

The successful candidate will be working for a small, dynamic and unique charity who enable disabled people to access all forms of digital technology. This is done through assessment and the development of technology as well as providing accessible video gaming sessions using the latest technology.

The role of this job is primarily to provide a 10 month maternity cover for an existing post. However, there may be scope to extend the contract if you can develop a revenue stream that would sustain the extra position.

The post is for 36 hours a week and involves hybrid working, split between home and our centre in Sale and flexible hours of working where possible.

Due to the unique nature of our charity’s work, we do not expect applicants to have knowledge in assistive technology and so the successful candidate will be given overview training in specialist areas in order to support your role. The post will be expected to deliver the following 4 areas:

1. Fundraising

• Sourcing and delivering new funding streams – from corporate and public sources.
• Plan and implement our annual fundraiser Game Together. Producing marketing materials, recruiting fundraisers, secure sponsorship, updating communications such as website, social media etc., create fundraising packs and deliver the event.

• Look into and implement new fundraising ideas
• Liaise and maintain relationships with the charities supporters, funders and grant givers
• Assist the Fundraising Officer with submitting grant applications
• Assist the Fundraising Officer with reporting on successful grant applications

2. Engagement and communication

Engage with new and existing audiences that would:

• Benefit from Everyone Can’s services and tailor our support based on their needs
• Fund Everyone Can’s services and contribute to our financial sustainability
• Liaise and maintain relationships with families and carers of our service users.
• Promote and demonstrate the charity’s work, services and impact to service users and funders
• Attend promotional events and networking events when needed

3. Marketing

• Coordinate and produce marketing materials such as leaflets and posters
• Manage all social media platforms creating engaging daily content
• Update and amend the website with any news stories
• Create case studies for service users we have helped

4. General administrative tasks

• Responding to any charity enquiries via email and phone
• Schedule upcoming gaming sessions using Event Brite
• Register new service users at gaming sessions
• Collate feedback when needed
• Take photos of service users to use for marketing

You will also (only with agreement of General Manager):

• Support service personnel when required
• Carry out other duties to help the running of the charity

A successful outcome for this post would demonstrate a steady increase in both service uptake and income. The increase in income should see the charity being more financially stable by building on existing revenue streams already in place. There may be an opportunity for the contract term to be extended if an increase in income can be generated and shown to be sustainable.

Reporting directly to the General Manager of the trust, the post will be instrumental in communicating the benefits that our services offer disabled people, in order to gain and retain support from funders, both new and existing.

The role requires a self-motivated person with the ability to organise their own workload effectively.

Essential skills

• Excellent relationship builder with experience of organising business and third party fundraising events to generate income, as well as being able to demonstrate an organisation’s impact to a variety of audiences to generate interest and uptake in its services.
• An ability to create successful and engaging fundraising initiatives and events. Be able to demonstrate your ability to grow income within new fundraising channels.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills with the ability to motivate both yourself and others. Be able to recruit, organise and support community volunteers if needed, to deliver organisational objectives.
• There will be a need to work one evening a week. Weekend working and overnight stays may rarely be required so you will be able to plan your time effectively. Have access to a car and a valid full driving license.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage a busy and varied workload.
• Good relationship building and networking skills
• Excellent inter-personal communication skills
• Ability to work within a small team

Essential experience

• Experience in delivering a fundraising campaign
• Must have experience in corporate fundraising and supporter engagement with a good understanding of the donor journey
• Experience in producing marketing and communications materials on brand, with excellent writing skills for a variety of media, both printed and electronic
• Knowledge of social media

Desirable skills and experience

• Knowledge of assistive technologies
• Knowledge and experience with Salesforce
• Experience of disability issues
• Experience with Adobe illustrator and/or Photoshop
• Knowledge of the gaming industry

Contract length: 10 months with possibility of being extended

Application deadline: 30/01/2022

We request a covering letter to be included with your C.V. detailing why you feel you would suit the post.

Interviews to take place on the 7th and 8th of January and attendees will be expected to give a short presentation (topic of presentation will be provided on offer of interview, shortly after the close of applications).

Expected start date ideally would be late February 2022

Job Types: Full-time maternity cover

Salary: £26.000 to £29,000 per year, pro rata depending on relevant experience

Length of contract: Permanent subject to funding

Salary: £23,080 - £27,041 (pro rata) per annum 

Based at: Accrington Lancashire/ Hybrid Working

Hours: 37 hours

Please Note: This is currently a hybrid working position, however, could be 100% remote dependent on skills and experience.

Do you have creative flair and are you yearning to make a difference in peoples’ lives? Do you want to work for a charity that has been nationally recognised for its wellbeing and supportive culture? Consider a position with Advocacy Focus.

Every day, we work with people with mental ill health, complex needs and health and social care challenges to get the help and support they need. If you are an experienced Marketing Executive, then we need your help to tell our story.

We are recruiting for a part time Marketing Executive (37 hours pw) to join our team. This is a unique position in our charity and one which allows you to carve out a name for yourself in the third sector. Working with the Senior Leadership Team, you will manage and maintain the annual marketing calendar, marketing across traditional and digital channels and continuing to build our identifiable brand.

The Role

The post holder will significantly raise the profile of the organisation to commissioners, customers, and health and social care professionals. The Marketing Executive will take responsibility for all marketing activity, including various strategies and projects as needed. They will work with the Senior Management Team to implement and develop marketing plans, including promotional/information materials, email marketing via newsletter and promotional mailings, promotion via social media and Google SEO, PR opportunities, and database management.

The candidate should have extensive experience in all aspects of mainstream marketing/media. Excellent written and verbal communications skills coupled with highly developed interpersonal skills. Must be flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within compressed periods and proven ability to oversee all marketing activities.

Key tasks

1. Take a lead on all organisation’s marketing and PR tasks, objectives, strategies, and projects
2. Oversee the production of all marketing materials, including printed documents, media advertising spots, website content, and social media accounts
3. Regularly liaise with Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to discuss objectives and report on activity and updates on marketing progress and result
4. Manage specific projects to facilitate the development of the Marketing output of the organisation
5. Evaluate marketing reports and data to report on activity trends etc. to SMT

Benefits

Personal Private Healthcare Plan

A private healthcare plan for you and members of your family with money towards dentistry, glasses, private consultations and more.

Mental Health Support

Free counselling and therapy support. 75% of our staff feel confident disclosing their mental health at work and we are keen to hear from anyone with lived experience of mental ill health.

Holidays

25 plus bank holidays and birthday day off.

Career Development and Progression

We have award winning internal and external training packages. Most of our staff are trained in Mental Health First Aid and receive regular training, supervision and development. As a small charity, you have a real opportunity to make a name for yourself and develop your skills.

Flexible Working

Work 30 hours a week from anywhere, at any time between core office hours.

Wellbeing Days and Team Huddles

We have regular meet ups where we focus on personal development and wellbeing.

Award Winning Workplace

We recently came second out of 114 national organisations for our workplace wellbeing, culture and support procedures.

Apply now by sending your CV

Please note that the salary advertised is for full-time hours. If this post is less than 37 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata.

This vacancy will close when sufficient applications have been received.  Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Please note, that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post.  Therefore only persons who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application will be short-listed.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Advocacy Focus is committed to fighting racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination. We want to be a great employer for all our staff, regardless of their background or characteristics. We recognise that not everyone is the same and that different people will require different support to fulfill their potential. One thing we can do to work towards that goal is to ensure that our staff team is representative of the diverse communities across our service delivery areas. We particularly encourage applications from men, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with a physical or mental disability, and those from an ethnic minority background. 

Reasonable Adjustments: Support is available to candidates with disabilities when applying for vacancies. For more information on reasonable adjustments please contact our Recruitment Team by any of the following methods: 

Do you want to help fight poverty in Manchester? Are you an outstanding practitioner with experience in project management and the ability to respond creatively?

We have an exciting opportunity to expand our collaborative working with partnerships and to expand the services we provide under our more than food projects. We’re currently recruiting a Project Manager to tackle this challenging and rewarding role as part of our team. The role will be based across the Hulme, Moss Side, Whalley Range and Old Trafford Wards within the city of Manchester and Trafford.

About the role:
As Project Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day management and development of our food bank services, it’s activities and events. Through the “time for change” agenda you will be committed to understanding and addressing the underlying causes of food poverty, inequality and social isolation and seek to address these through the development of our More than Food projects.

We are looking for:

 A passionate, energetic and hard working individual who can self manage and oversee the day to day management of the Foodbank processes, including;

• Creating, planning, and organising initiatives, activities and events as agreed with the Board of Trustees.
• Supporting warehouse staff members and volunteers
• Distribution centres
• Administrative task which include updating data collection systems
• Managing budgets and preparing both financial and project reports
• Partnerships

You will be required to work closely with the board of Trustees, its staff and volunteers.

The project manager will play an important role in helping to shape the structure and function of the organisation within the local communities with which we work.

View the Project Manager’s job description to read the full job specification and application details.

Applications close at midday on Friday 4 February 2022, with interviews likely to take place week beginning 21st February.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, ambitious national charity that funds and builds state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound spaces for young people (called Youth Zones), providing life-changing support to tens of thousands of young people nationwide.  If you feel you have the necessary skills, apply today!

As Executive Assistant your professional skills & experience will support the senior staff of OnSide, a charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and purpose.  You will work as a team with the full-time Executive Assistant in delivering essential business & administrative support to the senior staff, together with leading in the provision of a secretariat service to the Trustees Boards of our new Youth Centres.

We welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ community. Our dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

Benefits: Flexible working culture; 5% matched contribution pension; 33 days holiday pro-rata, inclusive of Bank Holidays (rising with length of service); birthday leave; retailer & leisure discounts, free parking.

Key duties will include:

• Diary management for internal and external meetings (virtual & in-person), events, conferences, travel, accommodation, etc.
• Arranging key team meetings for the senior team, taking minutes and collating expense claims
• Servicing Trustee Boards of new Youth Zone projects, including organising meetings, preparing Board packs, managing the vetting process for new Trustees, and updating Charity Commission and Companies House records
• Recording and managing relationship data on the CRM database (training provided)

About you:

For this role you will have worked as an Executive or Personal Assistant at a senior level, with experience of supporting Boards, diary management and minute taking. You will have a systematic and meticulous approach, an ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of people, working experience of Microsoft Office programmes, and a discrete, flexible and resilient attitude.

Other skills and experience you will need include:

• Ability to work in a team and with senior staff and Board members
• Excellent organisational, administrative, interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge and judgement to make sound decisions and refer appropriate matters
• Ability to remain calm and resolve conflicting requirements while working under pressure and with shifting priorities
• Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 31 January 2022

Interviews: Monday 7 February 2022

OnSide is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection & Safeguarding procedures, this position requires a basic DBS check.

Registered Charity No 1125893