This is a 1 year FTC and contracted hours can be 14 or 21 per week. Salary advertised is the full time equivalent.
This role can be based in any UK/IRE office or home-based. If based in the London office, London Allowance will be added to the yearly salary.
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
About the role
This role is to support the Digital Programme Systems Team to ensure that Christian Aid’s programme staff (working on development, humanitarian and advocacy programming) are supported and able to use Christian Aid’s Programme Management Systems, focusing primarily on PROMISE (our grant management system) by providing system technical and administrative support, guidance and coaching as appropriate. The post is based in the Digital Programme Systems Team which sits within the International Department’s Programme Quality and Operations Division. It will interface with colleagues from across our country programmes.
About you
You have a systems mind and enjoy problem solving and helping colleagues when they run into issues. You have strong inter-personal skills, have an eye for detail and and enjoy putting together interactive training materials to help build colleagues' capacity. You are able to work on Fridays and at least one other day in the week, preferably Thursdays.
Further information
This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.
We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Covers all of Wales, majority based at home
This role involves a considerable amount of travel therefore applicants should be willing to travel across Wales.
About us
As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.
With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities. We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes. Internationally, we are a specialist development non-governmental organisation, delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.
About the role
Leonard Cheshire Disability is recruiting for a Digital Inclusion Coordinator in Wales to support the delivery of our digital inclusion programme.
The role will work closely with partners, volunteers and other stakeholders within Wales providing them with advice, guidance and support to enable them to be more confident in supporting disabled people to use IT and get online as well as supporting disabled people to get online and develop skills for employability.
Effectively deliver all elements of the Digital Inclusion programmes (Tech Works and GoDigital), lead on volunteer recruitment to enhance the Programme’s reach and impact, and work with local community-based teams as well as our central assistive technology resource.
The programme gives disabled people access to computers and training to develop their skills and employability, supports a number of accessible IT suites and provides disabled people access to IT equipment in their homes.
Applicants will have to demonstrate experience of supporting people to use IT and prior work with volunteers.
An understanding of digital inclusion, IT skills for employability, accessible IT, adaptations and/or assistive technology will be an advantage.
The role will also be responsible for collating accurate data to support monitoring, evaluation and development; this will include monthly reports as well as quality and impact data.
About you
The role would suit someone who enjoys working with a variety of people, who has good attention to detail, who is self-motivated, takes their own initiative and who is very confident using Microsoft Office packages and databases.
You should be patient and comfortable explaining things from a very basic starting point. You will enjoy listening to what people want to achieve before assisting them to achieve it.
Driving license and access to a car would be beneficial.
Benefits
• Substantial annual leave (26 days).
• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
• Flexible working and lots more.
A satisfactory disclosure check is required for this post.
Closing date: 9 December 2020
We aim to conduct interviews via Zoom during week commencing 14th December 2020
Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.
Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable applicant has been appointed.
*No Agencies*
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Fixed-term contract until December 2020
HMP PARC
Ref code: ADP-204
Are you a highly organised, efficient and proactive self-starter able to work on your own initiative? Looking for an exciting new challenge? If so, join St Giles Trust as an Administrator, where you will provide vital administrative support and contribute to ensuring compliance with systems and procedures, standards and performance targets relating to the administrative functions.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this exciting opportunity
This key role will see our successful candidate undertake a broad range of essential office-based, meeting-setting and facilities monitoring tasks. This will involve managing, developing and updating the Client Database, collecting and collating data, and developing and maintaining effective and efficient administrative and office systems, including filing and recording systems.
You will also be expected to process all relevant internal and external correspondence and access emails regularly and distribute messages promptly, while offering general support to Peer Advisers, staff and manager when necessary is also an important aspect of the role.
What we are looking for:
- Strong IT skills, including proven Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook experience
- An excellent communicator, verbal and written, with impressive interpersonal skills
- A self-starter who is organised and able to manage own workload
- Strong attention to detail and a proven ability to produce accurate work
- Impressive time-management, organisational and prioritisation skills
- The ability to develop and maintain filing, database and recording systems
- Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles as an organisation
In return, you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance, staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more besides.
For further information, or to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: 11pm, 6th December 2020 – Provisional interview date: 14th December 2020
(please note if the lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures are still in place, shortlisted candidates will be interview via video)
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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Location: Flexible within England & Wales
Department: Business Development
Interview date: 14th January 2021
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
Citizens Advice is a leading provider of debt advice and financial capability across England and Wales. As part of this, and in line with the priorities of the sector, we place a great deal of emphasis on preventative money advice. This includes - but is not limited to - helping clients to understand financial products and services, whilst also encouraging them to develop responsible and sustainable skills and habits that can build up their financial resilience.
To support this work, Citizens Advice has a team focused on money advice development covering debt and energy advice alongside financial capability.Reporting to the Financial Capability Development Lead, the Financial Capability Development Officer is responsible for the ongoing review, maintenance and quality-assurance of our financial capability resources, as well as maintenance and delivery of (in conjunction with the Learn Team) our suite of training for the Citizens Advice network. In addition, they will develop and maintain links with a variety of key stakeholders and partners across the UK.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Location: Flexible within England & Wales
Department: Policy Team
Interview date: Between the 4th and 16th January
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
We are recruiting a Senior Creditor Liaison Policy Officer to join our Consumer and Public Services team. People who come to Citizens Advice for support are five times more likely to be in poverty. Our team tries to help solve people's problems by tackling practical problems that improve our clients’ financial health. In recent years, we've done this by:
- Helping reduce the bills paid by loyal and vulnerable customers in essential markets by £260m
- Persuading regulators to introduce a cap on certain high cost credit products, which have reduced costs by £60m
- Lobbied for the introduction of a ban on letting fees, which has saved renters £13m a month
Our team is now at the forefront of the organisation’s advocacy response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our organisation is unique. We directly help 2.7 million people to solve their problems each year. Through these interactions we see first hand, and in real time, the problems faced by people across England and Wales. We spot emerging issues quickly, often even before government - a particularly crucial role we’re playing at the moment. This makes us uniquely placed to develop effective solutions and influence government, regulators and industry.
You’ll be joining the team at a challenging time for the people who come to us for support and will quickly be leading influential policy research projects that you’ll design to make an impact on government and other policymakers’ decisions.
You will have strong analytical and research skills and the drive to change policy, working with our world-class news and public affairs teams to ensure these changes happen.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Fixed Term Contract until 25th June 2021
HMP Parc with occasional Travel
Ref Code: RCP-204
About St Giles
A well-established charity that helps ex-offenders and disadvantaged people to move their lives forward, St. Giles offers support to help people overcome any issues that might be holding them back and to prevent the likelihood of them reoffending on release.
This role is an integral part of a Cabinet Office-funded project that will be providing a Through the Gates service that aims to reduce reoffending. It will see our successful candidates working within the delivery team alongside Peer Advisors to provide a comprehensive resettlement planning service to prisoners within a custodial setting.
About this vital role
As a Caseworker, you will review resettlement plans at agreed stages of a prisoner’s sentence and provide information and assistance based on identified needs or make referrals to the appropriate services. They will also lead on the delivery and coordination of resettlement plan interventions for service users in co-operation with prison staff, Peer Advisors, and Case Managers.
You will provide a comprehensive and holistic assessment, advice, referral and support service to men in custody, exploring innovative and effective methods of casework, plus offer casework support and supervision and regular coaching and resettlement courses to the Peer Advisors.
To succeed, you must have:
- An understanding of the issues facing individuals with complex needs, whilst in prison and on release
- A sound awareness of the support options for this client group in areas such as family and relationships, health, victims of DV, education, training and employment, plus finance, benefit and debt
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- First-class communication skills, particularly listening skills
- Calm, flexible and adaptable, you must have strong time management, organisational and IT skills
- Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles as an organisation
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, access to clinical supervision, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
Please note any appointment is subject to security clearance from the Prison Service and DBS Check.
Closing date: 11pm 6th December 2020 – Provisional interview date: 15th December 2020
(please note if the lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures are still in place, shortlisted candidates will be interview via video)