Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 38 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW is currently recruiting for the position of ‘Treasury Operations Manager' to join its dynamic Treasury team. The post holder will support the Head of Treasury in providing a first class treasury service to the group, with the direct responsibility for the oversight and supervision of daily treasury operations, liquidity management and investments.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Qualified in accountancy (or equivalent), with specialism in Banking and/or Treasury 
• Sound demonstrable Treasury operations experience, ideally within an multi-currency treasury context
• Experience of foreign exchange risk mitigation.
• Experience of developing  treasury reports and dashboards for management
• Prior knowledge and experience of payment processing, ideally within an international environment
• Proven experience of negotiating and managing banking partners, and an ability to understand the impact of regulatory change.
• Experience of managing compliance around banking mandates, treasury policies & procedures and banking documentation regulatory compliance
• Familiarity with the functionality of a SWIFT-based treasury management system and its interface with banks, financial management systems and currency trading portals would be an advantage
• Recommends and implements process improvements; develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• The ability to operate within a fast changing environment: with an adaptable, flexible and supportive approach

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 07/03/2022.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• criminal records check
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications that would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

Street League

Operations Manager

£34,500 plus benefits.

Permanent
Birmingham

This diverse charity's vision is to see an end to youth unemployment in the UK. They tackle poverty through the power of sport to help young people who need support to get into education, training and jobs. The charity develops and delivers award-winning Academy programmes which helps young people to transition into these sectors with confidence. Serving 36 local communities across England and Scotland, the combined efforts of the charity has helped 1,241 young people in the last 12 months alone.

Charity people are delighted to be working with a social welfare charity to find their next Operations Manager, to creatively develop their programmes across Birmingham and surrounding areas. As Operations Manager, you will be a part of the Operations Management Team, reporting to the Head of Operations. A key part of the role will be delivering income generation targets and finance.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong finance and programme management skills to demonstrate they have experience in managing a cross-section of programmes within the voluntary sector.

Main duties

• You will manage teams in line with policies and procedures to meet the aims of the Business Plan and contribute to the effectiveness of systems. Essentially you will be managing risk and positive changes.
• You will monitor Capital and Revenue budgets to promote the sustainability and growth of programmes by securing funding from Trusts and Foundations.
• You will identify new corporate supporters and winning local contracts from commissioned income streams such as Offending and Rehabilitation Services, Employability Training Providers and Colleges.
• You will work closely with CEO and HR on recruitment in the local area and to co-manage annual budgets and expenditure forecasts.

We are seeking someone who is passionate about the charity's 5 core values and has a genuine uunderstanding of the issues facing young people and relevant government policy. You will also be aware of main strategic partners and priorities in Birmingham.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please share a copy of your CV and Supporting Statement to Kate Hereford. If your profile fits what we're looking for, Kate will be in touch with lots more details and to arrange a confidential conversation.

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

This is an opportunity to be involved with Cruse Bereavement Support Birmingham at an exciting time; be a key management member who will help and support a committed, enthusiastic, and hard-working team.

An opportunity has arisen to support the Cruse Birmingham Branch.  The role involves ensuring the successful management and support of Cruse Birmingham’s Volunteers of all levels, working with the Birmingham Contract Coordinator to line manage key staff, review service delivery and develop services in line with Cruse policy and secured contracts. 

The role is varied and will include line managing our local Children and Young people’s team, some of our administrative team and representing Cruse at some partnership and networking events, and reporting to key funders. The role is currently predominantly home based but may move to a more blended arrangement with some office hours.     

AVision for Empowerment is a growing social enterprise that is the driving force for the empowerment and development of individuals towards personal and professional achievement. Our mission is to ignite self-belief, provide the tools for self-awareness and inspire people to achieve their career success whether it’s starting their own enterprise, employment, training, or furthering their education. We support people in realising their visions/goals and turning them into rewarding careers. We deliver transformational workshops, seminars and accredited programmes within the community, prisons, probation, employment agencies, and schools. Our aim for the future is to continue providing effective services that inspire positive sustainable change in people’s lives.

Project Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate operations manager who is willing to support our purposeful movement that brings about a positive sustainable change in people’s lives. The ideal candidate will have experience within the third sector and public sector and will have a vibrant motivational nature that has passion to make a difference to those that need it. The successful candidate will work with the CEO to streamline operational systems andprocesses, coordinate our services, manage contracts, and liaise with our stakeholders and inspiring facilitators.

Role and Responsibilities

● Project Management

● Organising/coordinating team and services

● Managing databases and systems

● Analysing, compiling and preparing reports

● Maintain progressive working relationships with key stakeholders,

● Researching information, gathering updates on projects, and liaising with others extensively to ensure progress.

● Completing corporate governance reporting (to ensure that the business is complying with legislation and regulations).

Skills and experience

● Project Management

● Contracts Management

● NVQ level 2/3 or higher in Business Qualification

● Report Writing

● Experience of working in senior administration in third and public sector

● Ability to manage own time and to use own initiative to complete tasks.

● Experience of creating and developing reports, documents and systems

● Sound working knowledge of appropriate CMS software including Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint) & Email.

● Good communication skills (written and verbal)

● Excellent organisational skills Desirables

● Working knowledge and understanding of corporate governance preferably

● Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health & Safety, SEN and Child Protection ● Recent, relevant experience in CJS, the third or public sector.

● An understanding of service users especially people with convictions, including their needs and challenges

● Sound knowledge of self-empowerment and personal development

Qualities

● Discretion and trustworthiness: you will be party of confidential information

● Organisation and Time Management

● Excellent Written and Communication Skills ● Accuracy and Attention to Detail ● Positive can-do attitude ● Creative ● Proactive ● Resilient ● Tact and Discretion ● Passion for helping those who are disengaged, understands the connection between self-empowerment and a better life

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional results, with the creativity and ambition to help see University Hospitals Birmingham Charity's brand increase across the Midlands? Then read on...

The Communications Manager is a new role, overseeing the Marketing, PR and Communications strategy for the Charity.

The hospital charity has been successful in driving internal communications amongst its hospitals, but is now seeking to raise its profile across the Midlands, showcasing what the Charity already funds and what it wants to raise money to fund in the future.

The Charity feels it needs to recruit someone with more knowledge of Digital Fundraising, although they will also be responsible for delivering the internal and external communications channels.

As the Communications Manager you will lead a small team in devising multichannel communications and supporter journey marketing campaigns that help raise awareness of our work, build our digital communities, and help drive income generation through targeted engagement activity. 

You will work closely with teams across the charity and our hospitals to ensure that our marketing and communications' needs are met and that we become known as an organisation which delivers innovative, engaging and effective campaigns and communications initiatives in support of our beneficiaries.

As a professional with experience of digital fundraising, communications, marketing (including digital marketing), social media, supporter engagement, brand development and media, your remit will include working closely with fundraising colleagues to develop, deliver and evaluate a schedule of donor acquisition and retention campaigns and to identity engagement opportunities across all marketing channels.

The ideal candidate will bring not only the gravitas and innovation to proactively lead a team to deliver exceptional results but also the creativity and ambition to see the Charity's brand increase across the Midlands.

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity consists of four hospital charities supporting some of the busiest hospitals in Birmingham – Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

The Charity is dedicated to improving the experience of patients, their families and the staff who care for them.

UHB Charity raises funds to support patients of the four hospitals by providing new and innovative equipment, funding research and supporting patient and family welfare projects.

School Partnerships Manager

(East Midlands & Humber)

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham or Manchester

£28,000 per annum

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented individual with sales and stakeholder engagement experience to join Ambition Institute as a School Partnerships Manager on a full-time and permanent basis.

The role is responsible for pursuing and converting sales opportunities, owning relationships with accounts of varying size and designing and delivering a strategy for programme recruitment and sales for their region.

In this role you will build highly effective relationships with schools, system leaders and other stakeholders and influencers across the education landscape. The School Partnerships Manager will raise Ambition Institute’s profile and reputation to help us achieve our mission.

Based in our Birmingham or Manchester office you'll be reporting to the regional Area Director and will have the ability to build highly effective relationships with all levels of external stakeholders, whilst being highly organised and demonstrating the ability to thrive in a target-driven environment.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require an excellent communicator, ideally with experience of working in the UK education sector. It is essential that you have excellent presentation skills, and are able to use a range of strategies to impact and influence.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on Monday 24 January 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 28 January 2022.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Facilitation and Planning Manager

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham, London or Manchester

£28,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented professional to join our Facilitation and Planning team as Facilitation and Planning Manager. The role is responsible for maintaining a world-class pool of external facilitators and academic tutors, scheduling all events across the organisation, and managing staffing of internal and external facilitators and tutors against all programme delivery.

This role is also responsible for implementing systems and processes within the team, department, division and organisation to understand events required and to forecast facilitation and academic tutoring capacity against different people specs. This is a fantastic opportunity to coordinate recruitment, selection, contracting, quality assurance and ongoing training processes for internal and external facilitators and tutors.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Faculty Planning and Assessment Associate Director, you’ll work closely with the Impact Governance department to input into quality assurance and training plans and deploy appropriately qualified senior faculty members as interviewers and trainers. You will ensure comprehensive event records are kept on shared systems accessible to other teams to aid planning and internal and external reporting, maintaining a robust and accurate database of facilitators and tutors on Salesforce including relevant qualifications and experience, QA feedback scores and availability.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require someone with excellent organisation, programme and project management skills. It is essential that you have high proficiency in excel, and are confident using technology such as Salesforce. You must be a team player able to lead teams working in a matrix team structure. To succeed in this role, you’ll be confident in negotiating and contract processes and be able to build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 27 January 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on 2 February 2022.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Are you an experienced Service Manager with specific experience of leading services for vulnerable communities? This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience managing and developing staff teams to join the leading Autism Charity in the region and make a difference to the lives of autistic people and their families.

The post holder will lead our current services (our regional Information Helpline and all-age community services in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country) and actively develop services within the region, by building relationships with funders, commissioners, and stakeholders.

We are currently on a phased return to office-based staff and face to face support in our services with full time staff working office based at least 2 days per week and an expectation that this will increase over the coming months.

Location: Kings Norton

Hours: Full time (37 hours)

Salary: £28,000 to £31,000

What will you get:

- 6.6 weeks annual leave every year

- Free DBS check paid for by Autism West Midlands

- Free Bupa Healthcare cash back scheme

- Employee assistance scheme providing support to you and your family

- Life assurance

- Company Sick Pay Scheme

- Free onsite parking

- Continuous professional development

- Refer a friend scheme – £200 for each referral!

Closing date: 31st January 2022 at 12 pm

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Grants Manager you’ll secure, manage and develop relationships with our funders and partners. In the UK we have secured funding from public sector contracts including, for example, European Social Fund (ESF) in London and Leeds and devolved Adult Education Budget, DforE, and DCMS funding from Combined Authorities, and a wide range of corporate & foundation partnerships.

You will ensure key milestones, requirements and timelines are captured for each funder, reporting is timely and accurate and our processes and systems are compliant. This will include our large ESF contracts in London and Leeds as well as work with our leading corporate sponsors.

Management of existing funding will form the main part of the role, however you’ll also play a role in securing new partnerships, grants and funding opportunities.

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation is a charity in the UK with the mission to train, coach, and support people into life-changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Our work focuses on supporting people from diverse groups facing barriers to employment.Our innovative bootcamps train learners for roles in high demand including cloud computing, data engineering, software engineering, health and care, IT support, customer support, and data analytics. We also recently launched a new programme placing people into emerging roles tackling climate change in the retrofit.

By joining Generation UK&I now, you will become part of an organisation committed to social impact. The work is fast-paced, exciting, and innovative. The impact is clear.

You can download a job description for more detail about the role and the organisation.

ABOUT YOU

Here are the core attributes you’ll need:

• You’re a highly organised and self motivated professional, able to manage multiple projects
• You’re detail-oriented
• You’re a people person, excelling at quickly building new, lasting relationships with funders
• You’re an effective communicator
• You’re passionate about the cause

Experience:

• Managing and reporting on grants and contracts ranging from £30k - £6m, from kick-off through to completion and review
• Managing relationships with multiple funders and partners at the same time
• Identifying new funding opportunities
• Bidding for and securing large grants, partnerships and contracts
• Working in a fast-paced and fluid environment

Additionally, we think it would be beneficial to have...

• Knowledge of the education, skills and training funding landscape in the UK
• Knowledge of ESF and AEB/ILR funding contracts and processes
• Experience with the Google suite, slack, zoom or equivalent tools
• Knowledge and passion for social impact as it relates to barriers to employment

THE OFFER

Working at Generation in the UK & I you’ll get:

• Purpose and social impact in the heart of your work
• Flexible working as per your role requirement
• Access to productive co- working space at WeWork with Generation UK & I and global team/s
• WFH set up support of £300
• Access to upto £1,000 towards your learning & development per year. And up to 5 days of training days/ study leave per year to support your development.
• Opportunity to shadow Generation global team/s & workings in other countries.
• 25 days annual leave

A FAIR CHANCE

Every role at Generation is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well, you.

You must have the right to work in the UK, and all staff members are required to pass a basic DBS check.

Job Description

Post: Contracts Manager

Location:                   Garden Organic, Ryton, Coventry/remote working considered

Reporting to:             Director of Horticultural Engagement 

Hours: 5 days per week, 6-12 month fixed term with potential to extend

Salary:  Salary based on experience

The charity:

Garden Organic is the UK’s leading organic growing charity.  We’re a membership organisation, with 23,000 members. For over 60 years we’ve been researching and promoting organic growing to get as many people as possible to grow and tend private, public and community gardens/green spaces the organic way. 

Overall purpose of the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager to help us engage local authorities, housing associations, and other commissioning organisations to use green spaces to maximum advantage. We have a range of services that support land management in harmony with nature, local food growing and gardening initiatives, community engagement and the health and well-being of individuals.  

You will be experienced in identifying, creating and nurturing high value strategic partnerships mostly in the public sector.  You will be comfortable with networking, tendering, and contract negotiation. A team player, you’ll have a sharp commercial mind and proven track record in bringing in contract work within the public sector and/or the housing sector. 

Winning contracts in a charity setting requires liaison and creative thinking along with those in charge of other income streams, project delivery and overall charity finance. 

Our work, delivered by both staff and volunteers, includes:

- demonstrating organic horticulture

- composting and waste recycling

- expert training courses online and in person

- citizen science experiments

- conserving rare seed varieties

- growing our membership base

- installing community gardens

- campaigning, eg against use of pesticides and peat

Our ambition:

The team is now engaged in identifying additional and new areas of opportunity, where organic methods represent excellent value for money for those looking for long term, sustainable outcomes. 

We want to secure work from commissioners in the areas of nature recovery, tree planting, increasing biodiversity and protecting pollinators as well as the social and health benefits of community gardening.  We want to champion organic methods as a key part of meeting an organisation’s key environmental and sustainability objectives. We want to increase inclusivity and promote diversity so that organic growing and land management becomes the norm for people from all backgrounds all over the UK.

This role will be at the forefront of this step change for Garden Organic. 

Responsibilities & Main Duties:

• Working with the Director of Horticultural Engagement, build on our raft of contracts with local authorities and housing associations in order to scale up our charitable delivery
• Analyse, develop, manage and report on our pipeline of opportunities, with associated income budget, to include actual and forecasted income.
• Research and identify new clients and opportunities in public and third sector which can diversify our income and increase our organisation’s impact
• Identify the objectives of our clients and respond with suitable proposals and pricing propositions
• Work collaboratively with our delivery/operational teams to negotiate optimum client contracts
• Manage all registrations with government tendering websites, and those of outsourcing agencies
• Undertake work pertaining to invitations to tender, pre-qualification questionnaires and all other requirements in order to bid as a subcontractor on relevant government/third sector frameworks
• Be the face of our contract negotiation in public sector, third sector and housing associations by attending networking events, and client meetings alongside the Horticultural Engagement Director, CEO and other colleagues responsible for income generation
• Work with the wider charity take part in horizon scanning and market intel to inform the annual business plan and three year strategy

It is the nature of the work of Garden Organic that tasks and responsibilities are, in many circumstances, unpredictable and varied. All employees are expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises where tasks are not specifically covered in the Job Description and have to be undertaken.

Occasional evening, weekend and bank holiday working will be required.  A valid UK driving license would be useful, but not essential. 

To apply:

For the full job description and person specification please email us. 

Please submit your application via CV and supporting statement detailing how your skills and experience meet the person specification.

We welcome informal discussions about the role by calling head office or sending an email.

Application deadline 19/01/2022. Garden Organic reserve the right to close the advert early depending on response levels.

As part of our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion all applications will be anonymised before being submitted to the recruitment panel. You are welcome to submit an anonymised CV in application for the role however please ensure you provide a contact telephone number or e-mail address.

Family Support Service Manager

We have an exciting opportunity to join a national children’s cancer charity committed to supporting children, families and individuals affected by eye cancer. We are looking for an experienced and committed professional to lead the delivery and ongoing development of the charity’s work supporting families, children and individuals, from diagnosis, throughout treatment and beyond.

Position: Family Support Service Manager

Location: London office/Hospitals/Home

Hours: Part-time, 4 Days/30 hours per week

Salary: £34,000-£36,000 dependent on experience, equivalent to NHS Band 6, (pro-rated to £27,200-£28,800)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Contributory Pension scheme, 25 days’ annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata)

Closing Date: The deadline for applications is 31st January 2022, however the organisation will be calling the strongest candidates for interview as soon as possible, so please do not delay your application.

The Role

As Family Support Service Manager, you will lead the delivery and ongoing development of the work carried out with families, children and individuals, through face-to-face contact along with email, telephone and relevant social media platforms

The team provide emotional support, practical advice, opportunities for members to meet with each other as well as signposting to additional information and specialist support from partner organisations. You will work closely with the specialist teams at a number of hospitals.

Key areas of work include:

• Manage and develop the charity’s Support Service
• Line management of 2 support workers, one in London, one in Birmingham
• Liaise with clinical teams at The Royal London and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals
• Safeguarding lead
• Support for teenagers and young adults after Retinoblastoma
• Support and advice for adults after Retinoblastoma
• Manage the Support budget
• Support enquiries
• Support evaluation
• Partnership working

This is an exciting and highly rewarding role at the heart of the services provided by the charity. It provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced and committed individual to continue this work providing the highest levels of support for individuals and families impacted by this aggressive eye cancer.

About You

As Family Support Service Manager, you will have significant experience in supporting families affected by a health condition, in leading a support team and a relevant qualification in healthcare. We are looking for someone with exceptional empathy and direct experience of working with families with a child with varied and serious needs. Professional, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will also have strong leadership skills and experience as well as relevant experience of establishing strong working relationships with other professionals.

You will be asked to submit a CV and Cover Letter when applying for this role.

About the Organisation

This UK charity is dedicated to helping people affected by retinoblastoma (Rb), a rare form of eye cancer. The organisation provides support and information to families and individuals, funds research into the prevention and treatment of retinoblastoma, raises awareness among health professionals and the public and influences policy to improve services for patients. This established charity has been helping families for more than 30 years and knows that when a child is diagnosed, it can be a distressing and frightening time for everyone. For some people retinoblastoma can have a long term impact and in light of this the charity uniquely offers lifelong support for anyone affected – from diagnosis to adulthood.

“Thank you for your interest in this important position at the Trust. Supporting individuals and families affected by retinoblastoma is at the heart of everything we do and the successful candidate will play a crucial role providing the highest levels of help and support to those who need it most” Charity CEO

You may also have experience in areas such as NHS, Nursing,  Service Manager, Family Support Service Manager, Health Service Manager, Social Service Manager, Child Support Manager, Deputy Service Manager, Deputy Family Support Service Manager, Family Support, Child Support, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Service Manager, Safeguarding Manager, Community Outreach Manager, Community Service Manager, Deputy Community Service Manager, Care Service Manager, Care and Support Service Manager, Services Manager, Service Manager Referral, Service Manager – Family, Childcare Service Manager, Service Team Manager.

Role: Youth Violence Prevention Programme Manager Birmingham
Directly responsible to: Head of Strategic Partnership Funding and Sector Development
Location: Remote/Office Based
Grade: £40,000
Full time: 35 Hours
Duration: 12 months fixed term contract, secondments welcomed
Closing Date: Monday 31 January 2022

We are seeking to appoint a Youth Violence Prevention Programme Manager to lead on the development and delivery of evidence-based strategies, programmes and projects, working collaboratively with partners with a specific focus on reducing the harm and impact of youth violence in Birmingham. The role will be based with Birmingham Voluntary Sector Council and be matrix managed by BVSC, Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit.

Do you have experience of working in and around the criminal justice system, and are you passionate about violence reduction and prevention? Have you worked with communities in either the statutory or voluntary sector, and are you passionate about the public health approach to preventing and reducing violence with a commitment to sustainability and long term problem solving? You will be skilled at developing long-lasting and effective strategic partnerships, and have an excellent knowledge of the place you work in, and an understanding of the systems operating in that space. You will be able to demonstrate experience and success in systems change and navigating complex partnerships.

You need to be able to work independently, whilst also being an excellent team player. You will be required to work as part of a local and a regional team, and in a range of multi-agency settings. You will be expected to lead a range of multi-agency forums and meetings, and be skilled at influencing change and managing complex processes.

The West Midlands is a vibrant and diverse part of the country and we are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of diversity and human rights, and a personal commitment to promoting diversity and racial equality.

BVSC is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of diversity and human rights, and a commitment to the values which sit at the heart of all BVSC activity:

Commitment - Supporting positive change through passion, innovation and social action.

Collaboration - Connecting individuals and organisations to work together to improve people’s lives.

Inclusion - Empowering everyone to get involved in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham.

Integrity - Building trust through transparently working in the interests of our sector and our citizens.

The closing date for applications is Monday 31st January 2022 at 10am Interviews are planned to take place on Friday 4th February 2022.

Please note we do not accept CV’s.

Role Purpose:

To develop, lead and manage IT projects for RDA, working to scope and understand business/ volunteer needs, running tendering processes with third-party providers and contract managing all IT projects through to completion and ongoing relationships with suppliers.

To be product owner of specific RDA-wide software packages to provide the interface with the supplier and to understand the capabilities and functionality of the systems.  This will include (but not be limited to) websites and database (salesforce).

Working for RDA

The dedicated and committed staff team at RDA National Office supports the work of around 460 individual RDA groups and a further 50 commercial riding centres throughout the UK. We offer a collaborative and supportive working environment, with a competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday + bank holidays and pension scheme. We offer up to 5 volunteering days a year, personal discount on riding lessons and use of the facilities at our National Training Centre.

RDA is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff, volunteers, and participants. We aim to create a safe and welcoming atmosphere for everyone, and we want to challenge all forms of discrimination. We will ensure that we do not discriminate against anyone on the basis of their protected characteristics, i.e. age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or on any other basis. We aim to design and deliver our activities and services in a way which will encourage and support participation from everyone.

We believe that greater diversity within our organisation provides a more diverse perspective. This leads to a broader range of opinions being heard in decision-making and creates a positive and open environment for achieving our objectives.

Location

Our office is based at the RDA National Training Centre just outside Warwick. We are situated in a stunning 34-acre rural site, with ample parking and free electric charging points. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the office by prior agreement to aid job satisfaction and wellbeing.

Disability Confident Scheme

RDA is a member of the Disability Confident scheme. This means we will:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicate and promote vacancies
• Offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as required
• Support any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work

How to apply

For full job Description and Person Spec visit our website.

Email your CV and a covering letter to Lydia Joyce, Business Support Coordinator.

Closing date for applications: 9am 7th February 2022

Programmes and Impact Manager

We are looking for a flexible and enthusiastic Programmes and Impact Manager with the ability to see the ‘big picture’.  This is a great opportunity to focus on managing, maintaining, enhancing and expanding our pro bono programme connecting UK-based charities and professionals working across the property industry.

With a £100,000 per annum fund behind the programme, it’s an exciting time to be involved with an ambitious and growing organisation that’s committed to bringing the property sector together to create real social change, and your programme has a £100,000

Position: Programmes & Impact Manager (Pro Bono)

Location: Flexible or Home-based. There is some travel across the country (around 2 days per month), Covid allowing.

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week, full time or part-time (minimum 4 days per week)

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 pa pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days per year (not including bank holidays) pension, free annual flu jabs and annual sight tests, cycle to work scheme, ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice in work time, interest-free annual travel card loans, an employee assistance programme, staff discount scheme, health insurance, support for external mentoring, free fruit every week and scope for flexible working.

Closing Date: 5pm Thursday, 3 February 2022. However, the organisation is operating a rolling selection process and will interview candidates who score highly at application stage as soon as practicable, and potentially before the closing date.

The Role

Supported by four major sponsors, or Founding Partners, the programme brokers pro bono professional support for almost any UK charity (with a focus on helping homelessness and youth homelessness charities) from the 140 corporate partners signed up to the programme.

As Programmes and Impact Manager, you will help charities apply for help (working with them to define their requests as skilfully as possible) and then both promote those requests to the network as well as identifying particularly likely corporate pro bono donors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure clear strategic and operational (business) plans underpin the development and growth of the pro bono programme
• Manage and lead the pro bono programme
• Develop resources and guidance for donors and recipients
• Work with the Comms & Engagement Team to advertise, market and promote the pro bono programme to charities
• Sustain and develop effective strategic partnerships with the pro bono programme Founding Partners
• Report against KPIs
• Assist in the comprehensive measurement of social value by capturing, analysing and reporting on the impact of the grant-making, pro bono and other collaboration work
• Manage, support and develop the Programmes and Impact Assistant and stewardship of the corporate partners

About You

You will have considerable scope to develop and expand the programme, continuing work to streamline and improve processes, data, impact measurement and participant experience. You will be a willing, enthusiastic, and an ambitious champion and ambassador for the programme, able and willing to promote and raise the programmes’ profile successfully. You’ll be an effective, passionate, and thoughtful communicator about the work the charity does, and the needs it seeks to address.

You will have:

• Demonstrable interest in CSR, and in how businesses can be supported to achieve social impact
• Project assessment and appraisal (grant or funding programmes would be particularly welcome)
• Effective management or co-ordination of committees – or experience of achieving positive results within significant stakeholder meetings
• Promotion and presentation of services through strong and persuasive communication
• Experience of managing relationships with senior stakeholders

In return…

The charity has an ambitious mission to end youth homelessness, so it’s an exciting time to join this dynamic and growing organisation. Along with an excellent benefits package, there are career development and flexible working opportunities.

About the Organisation

As the property industry’s charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK, the organisation brings remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry together to support charities providing accommodation for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, it invests funding and expertise where to achieve lasting impact.

You may also have experience in areas such as Impact Manager, Engagement Manager, Impact and Programme Manager, Grant Programme Manager, Impact Development Lead, Monitoring Evaluation and Programme Specialist, Head of Programme, Programmes Lead, Impact Lead, Impact and Evaluation, Programme Specialist etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.