Age Cymru is offering a fantastic part-time opportunity to a Policy Officer to maximise the impact of information gathered through a joint project between Age Cymru and Carers Trust Wales. The project is focused on carers aged 50 or over, carers of people living with dementia, and carers of people who have moved to live in a residential care home.
If you have a background in policy analysis, we are keen to hear from you!
This role will be based in Cardiff and will involve travel throughout Wales.
You will have
* Experience of policy analysis, using research and evidence and writing consultation responses
* Excellent networking and influencing skills.
* Excellent communication and time management skills
* The ability to present complex research, policy, legislation and statistical material for a range of audiences.
* Knowledge of the current health and social care agenda in Wales
* The ability to influence stakeholders
* An understanding of policy making structures and processes in Wales
* Knowledge of carers and awareness of working with carers
* Knowledge and understanding of policy as it affects older people in Wales
* A commitment to the needs and aspirations of older people, and an interest in ageing issues.
* The ability to speak Welsh is desirable but not essential
What we offer in return
In return we can offer a generous holiday allowance 27 days (pro rata) made up of 24 choice days and 3 days to be used between Christmas & New Year - Including carry forward, Flexible Hours Working Scheme, Competitive Employer pension, Life assurance up to 4 times your annual salary, Healthcare cashback plan.
Additional Information
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Who we are
Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Read more
Schools Officer
North West Wales
(ref: SUS3049)
£24,691 pro rata per annum
30 hours per week – contract to 31 March 2023 – based in Bangor Area
About the role
This exciting role involves promoting cycling and walking as forms of active and sustainable travel to school age children, parents and staff at selected primary and secondary schools across northwest Wales. The project aims to reduce the number of pupils being driven to school. This will also include supporting ‘school champions’ in schools, harnessing local authority resources available for cycling and active travel and to making links between schools and the wider community.
About you
With experience of working in a schools setting with children and young people, of delivering training to teachers and of partnership working within a range of capabilities, you will have the ability to build strong working relationships. Your enthusiasm will be motivational to others and your excellent written and verbal communication will complement your strong organisational skills. IT literacy is essential as is an understanding of school settings and the health benefits of active travel. You will also be committed to active travel and the promotion of sustainable transport. DBS Enhanced Disclosure clearance is mandatory for this role. Welsh language conversation skills are essential for this role.
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Thursday 10 December 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Friday 18 December 2020.
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.
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
Swyddog Ysgolion
Gogledd Orllewin Cymru
(cyf: SUS3049)
£24,691 y flwyddyn pro rata
30 awr yr wythnos – cytundeb hyd 31 Mawrth 2023 – wedi’i leoli yn ardal Bangor
Ynglŷn â’r rôl
Mae’r rôl gyffrous hon yn cynnwys hyrwyddo beicio a cherdded fel dulliau llesol a chynaliadwy o deithio ymysg plant oedran ysgol, rhieni a staff mewn ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd dethol ar draws gogledd orllewin Cymru. Nod y prosiect yw lleihau’r nifer o ddisgyblion sy’n cael eu gyrru i’r ysgol mewn cerbyd. Bydd hyn hefyd yn cynnwys cefnogi ‘hyrwyddwyr ysgol’ yn yr ysgolion, i harneisio’r adnoddau sydd ar gael gan yr awdurdodau lleol ar gyfer beicio a theithio llesol, a gwneud cysylltiadau rhwng ysgolion a’r gymuned ehangach.
Amdanoch chi
Bydd gennych brofiad o weithio mewn amgylchedd ysgol gyda phlant a phobl ifanc, ac o ddarparu hyfforddiant i athrawon a gweithio mewn partneriaeth mewn amrywiaeth o sefyllfaoedd, a bydd y gallu gennych i feithrin perthynas waith gadarn. Bydd eich brwdfrydedd yn ysgogi eraill a bydd eich sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar rhagorol yn cyfannu eich sgiliau trefnu cadarn. Mae hyfedredd gyda TG yn hanfodol, ynghyd â dealltwriaeth o amgylcheddau ysgolion a’r buddion iechyd a gynhigir gan deithio llesol. Byddwch hefyd yn ymroddedig i deithio llesol a hyrwyddo trafnidiaeth gynaliadwy. Mae datgeliad manylach gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd (DBS) yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon. Mae sgiliau sgwrsio yn Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon.
Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau wedi’u cwblhau yw 9.00yb ddydd Iau 10 Rhagfyr 2020. Cynhelir cyfweliadau dros MS Teams ddydd Gwener 18 Rhagfyr 2020.
Os bydd Sustrans yn derbyn nifer llethol o geisiadau am y swydd wag hon, gellir penderfynu ei chau'n gynt na'r dyddiad cau a hysbysebwyd, felly sicrhewch fod eich cais yn cael ei gyflwyno cyn gynted â phosibl.
Mae Sustrans wedi ymrwymo i leihau anghydraddoldeb, gwerthfawrogi amrywiaeth a
galluogi cynhwysiant. Croesawn geisiadau gan bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, yn enwedig rhannau lle mae gennym dangynrychiolaeth. Ar hyn o bryd, mae hyn yn cynnwys pobl sy’n ystyried eu hunain yn anabl a phobl Dduon, Asiaidd a lleiafrifoedd ethnig
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Can you help Wales to be a better place to grow older?
We are recruiting for a Health and Social Care Policy and Campaigns Officer to join the Age Cymru team and support the influencing work of Age Cymru. This post will support the effective delivery of Age Cymru health and social care policy, and campaign work to enable Age Cymru to better support the health and wellbeing of older people across Wales. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.
If successful you will:
* Deliver Age Cymru health and social care policy
* Implement Age Cymru health campaign plans, ensuring they are promoted widely to a diverse audience across Wales.
* Develop and maintain relationships with external partners and organisations for the effective delivery of the Age Cymru health and social care campaigns.
* Develop and maintain a resource of accurate, up to date information on issues affecting older people and support the development of any campaign publications or reports.
About you:
* You should have excellent knowledge of the Health and Social Care agenda in Wales, coupled with excellent knowledge of issues affecting older people.
* You will have experience delivering public campaigns and engaging with diverse audiences.
* You will need excellent influencing skills and the ability to work in partnership with other agencies including statutory and voluntary organisations.
* You'll have the ability to absorb and analyse complex material and apply it practically, along with the ability to exercise your own initiative, and prioritise and manage your own workload.
* The ability to speak fluent Welsh would be beneficial but is not essential.
What we offer in return
In return we can offer a generous holiday allowance 27 days made up of 24 choice days and 3 days to be used between Christmas & New Year - Including carry forward, Flexible Hours Working Scheme, Competitive Employer pension, Life assurance up to 4 times your annual salary, Healthcare cashback plan.
Additional Information
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Who we are
Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Read more
One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.
About One Million Mentors:
One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.
1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners.
1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.
The Role:
As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentees in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.
Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.
For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.
Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role
We are currently looking for a driven and self-motivated Prospect Research & Information Manager to join a small but high performing Philanthropy & Special Events team.
As the sole prospect researcher, the role supports income growth across Philanthropy & Special Events and Corporate Partnerships by leading on the development and delivery of a robust prospect research strategy for Breast Cancer Now. Implementing and embedding a best practice approach and GDPR compliant systems and processes.
The role will identify opportunities to enable the fundraising teams to cultivate financial support from philanthropists, trusts and foundations and companies. You will also lead on mapping activity around senior volunteers and their referrals, and provide event guest lists and attendee briefings.
The role also leads on the management of Breast Cancer Now’s restricted income process ensuring that fundraisers have access to accurate information.
The role offers the opportunity to work with a highly supportive team at an exciting time for Breast Cancer Now as we seek to grow our major gift fundraising.
About you
The successful candidate will be highly motivated with an excellent understanding of prospect research in the non-profit sector. You’ll be an experienced prospect researcher able to support the team in delivering their priorities. You will be an analytical thinker able to easily analyse data to inform the development of the philanthropy strategy.
As a proactive and confident team player, you will be at ease dealing with key internal stakeholders as well as senior volunteers. Whilst the role sits in Philanthropy & Special Events there will be a significant amount of collaborative working across the wider directorate and organisation.
The successful candidate will be excited to be part of an ambitious, focused and supportive wider Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Directorate, which is newly formed with a remit to reach and engage more people than ever before in our work and to develop our fundraising to become a sustainable organisation for the future.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.
We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.
We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.
Additional Information
Please note that whilst Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home, this role will be based within one of our offices (London, Cardiff, Glasgow or Sheffield) and the expectation is that once restrictions are eased that the post holder will be based within one of these offices for the majority of the time. Should you have any queries with regards to this please do not hesitate to contact us.
Closing date for applications: 9.00am Monday 7 December 2020
First Interviews: Monday 14 December 2020
Second interviews: Thursday 17 December 2020
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.
About One Million Mentors:
One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.
1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners.
1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.
The Role:
As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentors in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.
Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.
For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.
Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.