Due to expansion, we have an opening in our Support Services team as a full time Administrator. As with all organisations, administration is a key role in Early Break. You would be joining a busy, competent, friendly team of 4. We are looking for someone with previous administration experience; someone who is competent in Microsoft Office. We are a young people and family charity that deal with many complex issues such as sexual health, substance misuse and emotional health and wellbeing. With that in mind, the ideal candidate has a professional manner, but also someone that is warm and empathic. The ideal person will:

• Have experience of front-line office work
• Be empathetic in your manner with those who contact the service
• Be able to work on your own initiative and with integrity in your work
• Understand confidentiality and GDPR in relation to sensitive information
• Work at pace with your team ensuring smooth internal systems are in place to support our frontline workers
• Have an excellent understanding of filing and digital systems typical to office work
• You will be accountable for your decision making and communicate your activity

As a worker you will be customer focussed in your practice, you will be a reflective person who engages in the opportunities to build on your practice that this role offers. You are someone who is organised in your administration skills and understanding of how a charity operates. You will have an excellent telephone manner and demonstrate initiative and attention to detail in completing tasks.  

Are you a motivated, calm and efficient person?

If so, we are looking for an Administrator to join our successful and long-established team in Warrington.

As an Administrator you will:

• Be friendly with excellent communication and organisational skills
• Be competent and familiar with key IT packages and information systems, and work well within an office environment
• Have an ability to demonstrate a high standard of professionalism, a flexible approach to helping others and an interest in providing excellent customer care
• Travel to other locations within the North West to assist with meetings and working alongside the Area Manager and Area Admin Manager
• A driver is required with their own transport. Expenses will be paid

Full training and an induction are available with excellent on-site support and team work. A driver is required with their own transport. Expenses will be paid.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• A one-off bonus of £100 (subject to taxation) upon passing probation

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

Office Co-ordinator

Hours

24 hours, over 4 days

Grade

Grade 1, point 1

£11,852.80 (already pro-rated to 24 hours)

Location

Cheadle - Therapy & Specialist Support

Reports to

Head of Therapy

Job purpose

The purpose of the Office Co-ordinator is to support the Therapy & Specialist Support (TSS) team to provide a high quality and efficient service to families, young people, professionals and colleagues working in a range of settings and services both within and external to the Trust.

You will join an established team of office-based co-ordinator colleagues as a key member of our TSS team - including Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Sleep Services, PBS and Psychology,providing support as required

You will represent the Together Trust, often being the first point of contact for families and professionals who seek support, information and advice.

About the role

We would like to welcome a new office coordinator to join Therapy & Specialist Support team at the Trust. Working alongside office-based coordinator colleagues, you will play a key role in supporting our team of professionals as well as making a difference to the many who contact us for support and advice.

The Office Co-ordinator works closely with the TSS Head of Therapy Services to establish integrated and effective communication between Therapy & Specialist Support and other departments within the Together Trust.

You will attend and participate in staff meetings, supervision, training and appraisals as agreed with the Head of Therapy.

You must be flexible in their approach and be able to work independently, and use their initiative to undertake tasks which may not be explicit within the job description.

About you

Qualifications

• Educated to minimum A Level and/or NVQ Level 3
• Very good literacy and numeracy skills

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience of working with SEN legislation
• Experience of liaising with families who require support for their children who have additional needs
• Knowledge and understanding of Autism Spectrum Conditions and the impact that ASC may have on young people and their family

Skills, abilities and aptitudes relevant to this post

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent telephone manner, professional and courteous
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other IT systems including databases
• Ability to work independently demonstrating initiative and proactivity
• Ability to work in an organised and methodical manner
• Ability to develop and maintain efficient record keeping systems
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences, including other employees within the Together Trust, parents, SENCOs and other professionals
• Ability to identify work priorities and manage own workload to meet deadlines whilst ensuing that lower priority work is kept up to date
• Ability to show sensitivity and objectivity in dealing with confidential issues
  • Receptive to new ideas, approaches and challenges

Personal Qualities

• Committed to high standards of customer service
• Committed to equality and diversity
• Committed to own continuing professional development
• Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and shows a personal commitment to safeguarding
• An conscientious, reliable person who is punctual and flexible

We believe that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and that we have a part to play in that. Our work is guided by our values of:

Openness  |  Belonging  |  Strength  |  Collaboration

Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) is a project led by Manchester Mind and involving Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Manchester Refugee Support Network and Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit. Our focus is advice and improving access to advice. It is also about recruiting and training volunteers from our own communities to support us and the wider sector to deliver advice. It is about collaboration, and this new National Lottery Community funded MVAP is focused on excellent quality training but also on developing our volunteers and creating a sense of community. To help us do this we are looking to recruit a:

Inclusion Support Administrator

The role will support the Training Development Worker in working with volunteers and supporting their development and access to the training. Our previous projects were successful in creating a strong sense of belonging and we want to make sure that we do not lose that. The Inclusion Support Administrator will work with volunteers to ensure the training and the project is accessible particularly through digital inclusion. This post will also support overall administration for the project.

Salary: £21,322 p.a. pro rata (£10,661 actual)

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

The type of skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Being able to work collaboratively and share skills and knowledge.
• Being able to build relationships to create a sense of belonging.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of delivering training or one to one support.

Application documents can be downloaded from this listing, or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website.

Applications must be received by 12noon, Tuesday 21st September 2021.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.

We are looking for an experienced receptionist to join our vibrant Head Office in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

You will be joining our friendly reception team, providing a welcoming and approachable front of house service to all of our service users, staff and members of the public. Our ideal candidate would be an excellent communicator, both verbally and through email, as well as being a supportive team player who is comfortable supervising our team of Customer Care Receptionists.

At least one year’s experience of reception work, or related admin, paid or unpaid within a busy office environment is essential. As is experience in supervising and working within an established team.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

OASIS NAVIGATOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKERS (x4)

PART / FULL TIME ROLES AVAILABLE

FIXED TERM CONTRACT TO SEPTEMBER 2022

SALARY:  £23,630 p.a. (as a full-time role)

Are you interested in joining a team of Youth Development Workers working on a groundbreaking project, supporting A&E Departments in the Greater Manchester area in reducing the harm to young people from violence?  Oasis is hiring and has a range of part/full time roles available now!

Key responsibilities for the Youth Development Workers will be:

• Offering intensive 1:1 support to young people who present to A&E due to violence, including support for the parent / carers and family unit.
• Designing a bespoke plan for the young person (inc referrals partners, agencies)
• Developing the skills of staff within A&E in engaging with young people who come into A&E as a result of a violent incident.
• Engaging with GMCA Community Safety Team and GM Police
• Take part in the evaluation, strategy, and development of the project in an ongoing process.

Amongst other requirements, the successful post holder must have:

• A demonstratable relevant experience OR qualification in Youth & Community (JNC) or Social Work (QSW) or SEND
• Proven experience working with young people ‘at risk’.
• Reliability, with a flexible approach to changes and able to work unsocial hours

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly created project based in A&E Departments, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people.  As part of the package, Oasis offers:

• A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
• A generous holiday allowance and training opportunities
• A supportive, friendly work environment, with flexible working arrangements

A range of roles are available with hours ranging from 20-40 hours per week for 12 months contract.  If anyone is interested in taking this opportunity as a secondment than please check out the Oasis website for further details. 

If you are interested in this position, please check out the Oasis website for an Application Pack. (CVs alone will not be accepted). We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

Completed applications should be returned by 9am Thursday 7th October 2021.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 14th October 2021 (possibly in person or online)

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. 

The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK.  Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487

Based in any UK Office (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester)

The job of a Save the Children’s UK Head of Engineering is influential and exciting.

• Would you like the opportunity to have a real impact in shaping the future of our IT Development strategy?
• Are you a passionate with exceptional technical leadership skills?
• Do you have a proven track record in leading talented cross-functional IT engineering teams?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the Head of Engineering will be responsible for leading the engineering effort to ensure effective development, enhancement and use of business intelligence, CRM and digital platforms.

The Head of Engineering role is critical to the successful delivery of technology solutions to support our goal of providing better programming for children, better engagement with supporters, and more effective internal management.

The role holder will work as a strategic partner to ensure that our organisational outcomes for technical solutions and our IT development strategy are well defined and understood. They will rigorously challenge and question both organisational requirements and proposed solutions and technology choices as necessary.

As we enter a critical period in our technology transformation journey, this role offers a true opportunity to make their mark and influence how Save the Children UK uses technology in the next 5 years.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Head of Engineering will be responsible for ensuring the effective development, enhancement and use of business intelligence, CRM and digital platforms. Key duties will focus on:

Strategy

• Drive the vision, design and implementation of an effective platform strategy. Make this a strong and collaborative contribution to the Technical Design Authority function of the CIO

• Play a lead role in the development of SCUK’s Data and Analytics strategy

• Lead and manage the execution and evolution of platforms (data, BI and digital), software and application development (adobe systems - experience manager, target and analytics)

Leadership

• Work alongside our Head of Service Delivery, Head of Business Architecture and Analysis, and Head of PMO to form a coherent leadership team for our Technology Department

• Lead a team of 20+ cross functional development and test staff, contractors and vendors

• Provide technical expertise guidance and direction to solution design and delivery

• Setting an overall strategy and workplan for the team, and ensuring optimal deployment of resources to meet requirements

• Ensuring the implementation of agile processes wherever appropriate and in all cases support engineers to participate in the methods chosen by projects

• Drive positive, proactive engagement with the wider organisation, bringing engineering into the solution design and analysis activities, and driving “can do” “yes if…” behaviours

Quality systems and methods

• Lead engineering techniques including DevOps / release management

• Set coding standards
• Own QA and testing methods, systems and environments

Other

• Manage the development, documentation and enforcement of architecture and design standards and guidelines.  Ensure that Save the Children has a complete, comprehensive and high-quality set of documents for its systems

• Keep abreast of new technologies and champion the use of data analytics and digital technologies in Save the Children’s work. Technical evangelist in areas such as data, BI, .NET, digital platforms (AEM, ACM etc.)

• Work effectively with colleagues across the Save the Children movement to ensure stronger alignment of systems within a coherent overall architecture

• Capability of becoming part of the broader iNGO tech community and keen to explore and contribute in order to share best practise and new opportunities

Person Profile

Essential Technical Skills Required

• Proven track record in a similar role leading talented cross-functional engineering teams

• Solid and demonstrable experience in most of data, BI, .NET, digital platforms (CMS, email campaign, personalisation)

• Experience of agile delivery process

• Understanding of testing methods relating to delivery of platforms and associated applications and software

• Good understanding of how quality data and information can be used to make day to day business decisions

• Previous experience in two or more of the following: 

• Experience of data virtualisation platforms e.g. Tibco, Denodo etc.
• Experience of automation and/or CI/CD
• Experience of DataOps
• Experience of data mining, machine learning, visualisation
• Integration of online and offline data in a digital world
• Enterprise architecture experience

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Backup delivers multiple housing and support services across Bolton for young people aged 16-25 who are homeless and have low - very high support needs. We require various support workers to work on a 365 day rota with day, late and sleep in shifts. The rotas roll on for over a year so you know what you have for months in advance. Christmas and New Year rota is planned between each team. 

We need colleagues who are passionate about helping young people, organised, resilient, reliable, hard working and positive. We offer great training, support and supervision  and hold Investors in People GOLD acreditation. You will deliver 1:1 support to young people around life skills and all manner of issues, you will also need to be responsible for the building too. Full training given. 

It is a rewarding role for the right people. See the available posts below. 

1 x Support Worker (Loft House) 

SALARY £22,742 - £25,972 per annum.  Annual increments over 4 years, subject to successful appraisals.

32 waking hours per week plus 92 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Permanent.

Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

2 x Support Workers (Lucas Project) 

 SALARY £20,959 - £24,189 per annum. Annual increments over 4 years, subject to successful appraisals.

32 waking hours per week plus 48 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Permanent.

Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

2 x Support Worker both 12 months Fixed Term (Project Front Door) 

SALARY £21,121

32 waking hours per week plus 52 sleeps per year – flexible including some weekends and evenings

Fixed Term

 Continuous rolling rota not including Christmas and New Year period, those shifts are allocated separately.

Director of Operations & People

Could you steer our operational strategy and development to have a lasting impact on reducing gambling-related harm and play a leading role in preventing the unnecessary loss of young lives?

Location: Flexible with the offer of a budget to pay for a hot desk in a convenient location or to work from our current office location in Manchester.

Contract: The role is permanent and ideally full time, however flexible and part-time working will be considered for the right candidate. 

Salary: c.£65k

Appointment of a Director of Operations & People

Gambling with Lives (GwL) has had a remarkable impact on the discourse surrounding the risks of gambling since it was established in 2018. Prior to GwL’s contribution there was little to no mainstream recognition of the link between gambling and suicide. The charity’s founders have become central to the case for gambling reform and were instrumental in campaigning for the review of gambling legislation in the UK which was announced at the end of 2020.

In the context of the Gambling Act review reaching a critical juncture, and the expansion of the charity’s programmes requiring an operational focus, Gambling with Lives is re-organising its leadership structure to maximise its effectiveness, making the role of the Chairs explicit in a collaborative leadership model. The current CEO is moving into a focussed role of Strategy Director. The Co-Chairs will lead the continued development of the charity, and we are recruiting for a Director of Operations and People to enhance delivery of the charity’s programmes and central services.

The purpose of this newly created role is to develop the charity’s policies, processes and systems, to help establish the operating structure of its services, and to take responsibility for the operational delivery of the charity’s services to ensure ongoing success. The Director of Operations and People will line manage the Heads of Department and will take a significant role in steering the charity’s operational strategy and development.

We are looking for someone with proven operational management skills and experience.  A strong people manager who also enjoys developing and managing effective systems and processes.  This is a new and vital role, reporting to the Executive Chairs, which has been created following significant organisational growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic charity in its early stages which has substantial resources for its stage of development.  We are looking for a Director of Operations & People who shares our passion and determination for the work we are doing. If you want to play a leading part in shaping the future of GwL, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Application is by CV and a covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements.  Please read the candidate information pack before applying.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

The closing date for applications is Fri 1st October with shortlisting telephone or online interviews taking place the next couple of weeks thereafter.  Interviews with GwL will take place in the week commencing the 25th October.

We would look favourably upon candidates who are experts by experience of either gambling related harm or suicide.  GwL is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity to ensure that we reflect the full breadth of the people we aim to support. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

About us: 

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters. 

We are a diverse organisation, c31% of our staff identify as BME, c12% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. And, c11% of staff identify as having a disability. 

Our staff, volunteers and service users have taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be:

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change 

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters 

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together 

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging 

About You: 

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard. 

About the role: 

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

Advocate Educator – 1 role available 

The purpose of this position is to provide holistic support and advocacy for individuals referred by the GP Practices across the city. The responsibilities will amongst others include: 

Practice-based Work to promote an awareness of the experiences and needs of people, predominantly women who are living with, escaping or have a history of DVA particularly in relation to their health. 

Advocacy and Support Work by providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to service users who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating GP Practices. Maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help and/or social services referrals as a matter of urgency and, 

Contributing to Project Success by managing workload to ensure compliance with IRIS National and local commissioning reporting requirements. Contribute to the development of the IRIS online case management and reporting tool to ensure this is fit for purpose.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1 

Hours of work: 35 per week

Salary: £26 065.00 per annum 

Duration: Fixed Term for 3 years, extension subject to availability of funding 

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers 

To Apply: Application packs can be downloaded from our website or a copy obtained by emailing our info email. 

Application forms should be returned  by 9 .00 am 18th October 2021. Interviews will be held on 29th October 2021 and 1st November 2021. 

For information you can also contact us by telephone. 

BANK WORKERS REQUIRED - Zero hours, as required. Shifts consist of 12 hour waking nights and day shifts

Closing date: We accept applications all year round for bank workers

We have multiple Bank Staff - Support Worker vacancies at our new high need residential service for young people, Redds
Place. The shifts are located within accommodation based services that offer temporary housing to young people and support around a range of issues. 

The post holders are required to work 12 hours shifts which consist of days and waking nights. Job descriptions are attached. 

You must be able to engage and develop a rapport with young people, make them feel at ease and offer 1:1 support to them with a small caseload as well as support any young people that need you whilst you are on shift. Backup take a trauma informed care approach to the work with young people to give them the best chances of moving on successfully. The role also includes some housing management, managing premises, ensuring young people can live within the conditions of occupancy and support them to do so. 

The issues you will be assisting young people with include:-

-Mental health problems
-Substance Misuse
-Debts~
-Finding work and education opportunities
-Relationships
-Positive lifestyles

amongst other issues resulting from homelessness.

You need patience, persistence and resilience; this work isn't for the faint hearted and you have to care.We believe passionately young people deserve a good quality service, they are not homeless through choice or fault and need our help to survive trauma, develop some resilience of their own and live independently. The work involves a lot of direct work with young people but also needs efficient admin - case notes, housing benefit and other welfare benefit claims, letters and reports. 

We need you to have commitment, empathy, honesty,
respect, resilience in order to support and empower the young people in our
services.

Join our award winning charity and make a difference. 

To apply, please hand deliver or post your application to:

BACKUP North West
Bridgeman House,
77 Bridgeman St
Bolton
BL3 6BY

**We cannot accept digital applications or CVs**

Diocesan Safeguarding Trainer

Church of England, Blackburn, Lancashire

Part-time 17.5 hours per week

Summary

The role will lead in developing and delivering diocesan safeguarding training to diocesan and parish staff and volunteers across the diocese, both face to face and virtually.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver a high-quality programme of safeguarding training in line with Church of England and Diocesan policy to all accountable roles across the Diocese

• Gain understanding of existing training provisions and guidelines and develop a Training Needs Analysis and Training plan for the Diocese 

• Liaise with and support  he Parish Safeguarding Officers (PS0’s) and incumbents with regards to Safeguarding training.

What we are looking for:

A strong track recrod in developing and delivering high quality training

Good coaching skills

A Self-motivated and well organised individual

Demostrable understanding of safeguarding childrenand/or vulnerable adults   

What we are giving in return:

Pension  - The DBF offers an employee 10% contributory pension scheme.

Holidays -  Full time DBF employees are entitled to 25 days’ annual leave per year, in addition to the eight bank and public holidays. An additional day is added for each completed years’ service up to 5 years’ service. This post-holder will be entitled to a pro-rata  share of the full-time amount.

Working Environment - we have a friendly working atmosphere within a modern well equippped office with family friendly flexible working

A clear, enhanced Data Barring Service check is required for this role.

Closing date for this post will be 26 September 2021.

Interviews will be held on 14 October at the Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Walker Office Park, Blackburn BB1 2QE

The Bureau was established in 1979 as a volunteer centre with the needs and rights of both local people and our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to developing solutions that can be delivered through effective voluntary action and partnership working. Over the last 20 years The Bureau has grown and evolved, in line with the changing needs and wants of local people. We have moved on from being ‘just’ a volunteer centre and now offer a range of different services including:

A rare opportunity has arisen, and we are seeking to appoint a new Chief Officer to build on our successes and lead our well established and thriving community wellbeing charity. Our aim is to create opportunities that enable people and communities to take action that makes positive social change and community benefit whilst improving quality of life for local people, all underpinned by our core values.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful candidate must have sound leadership skills, be a strategic thinker and have financial and budget management experience. You will be a confident and passionate communicator, with an ability to create positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include:

• The charity continues to thrive, building on its success to date, delivering quality support to the people of Glossopdale.
• The charity conforms with Charity Commission and Companies House requirements.
• The charity operates to its own policies, standards and values.
• The charity is staffed at all times by properly trained workers who provide a high quality of service to the public.
• Proper administrative systems are maintained.
• The charity maintains appropriate liaison with other local statutory and voluntary agencies, professional bodies and the community of Glossopdale.
• Opportunities for development are identified and progressed and forward planning is undertaken to ensure that the charity responds to local needs;
• The Trustee Board is able to fulfil its role through the provision of information, consultation, and policy recommendations.
• The vision and culture of the organisation is strengthened and developed through strong leadership.

Sophie Hayes Foundation is the only independent organisation in the UK that focuses on providing women survivors of modern slavery with employability and educational skills necessary to help them achieve sustainable freedom. Our mission is to reach 1000's of women survivors of modern slavery in the UK today to shape a better future for themselves. We provide employability programmes to remove barrier to freedom, including vocational work placements, internships, volunteer opportunities, training, and formal education. We are committed to creating a society that views and treats these women with respect, leading to a better society for us all. 

We are seeking a hard-working and talented fundraiser to join us as we embark on a new phase of our fundraising strategy. While we have built an excellent platform for growth, we are seeking someone who can bring a range of fundraisings skills, energy and passion to our team and who can take activity to the next level. You will be our only full-time fundraiser, so you need to be confident, articulate and prepared to cover all aspects of fundraising from data entry to stewarding some of our most valued supporters. 

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of major donors, corporates and/or charitable trusts and be looking for the next step in their career. We can offer enthusiastic colleagues, a committed Trustee Board and lots of flexibility. 

To apply please email your CV and a short covering letter detailing your suitability for the role.

Candiates looking to be based in all three regions will be considered.