Location: London, with flexibility to work remotely

Job Description

The business development and strategy manager has a remit to work across the whole organisation, supporting the Director of Strategy in the development of SSAFA’s strategic outputs.

The role holder will support the delivery of a range of work relating to governance, beneficiary engagement and new ways of working, by independently engaging with key stakeholders including Trustees. Key outputs will include the planning of strategic change and transformation work across the organisation, revising key governance documents, the development of a beneficiary engagement strategy, refreshing the extant business performance and management reports following the launch of the 2022 Strategy and more.

About the team

Working in parallel with the impact and evaluation manager, our strategy team plays a critical central role in the development of SSAFA’s future.  In the past 12 months the team has developed the new five year strategy, led a governance review of Trustee recruitment, coordinated and supported the review of SSAFA’s future financial sustainability amongst other things.

We work collegiately and supportively of our colleagues, we are curious about new thinking and innovation, we look for ways to make things work and take people with us in our thinking – we are diplomatic and emotionally intelligent in our negotiations.  We form a critical pillar that delivers change and transformation within the organisation.

About you

This role requires a proactive approach to challenge, agility to pivot and switch between projects and tasks with excellent research skills. Effective communication skills alongside interpersonal skills are key to engaging with a wide range of individuals at differing seniority. It is also vital that you have demonstrable experience of analysing and interpreting data to make informed recommendations.

Experience of change management and delivering transformation is highly desirable.  A knowledge of charity governance would be helpful and previous project management experience would be advantageous.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing practical, emotional, and financial support to our Forces and their families since 1885. Last year our teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 79,000 people in need, from Second World War veterans to those who have served in more recent conflicts or are still currently serving, and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.

Further information about the role

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

Closing date: Midnight on 3 July. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews: 13 July 2022

BEO is a new Black-led UK civil rights organisation and our mission is to dismantle systemic racism in the UK. BEO is committed to being a data-driven organisation and we are now looking for an experienced quantitative researcher to join our growing team.

If have an in-depth knowledge of the race equality and social justice agenda, a strong personal commitment to anti-racism, strong research analysis and report writing skills with excellent communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines and work accurately under pressure in a small but growing team, then we want to hear from you. You will be part of the growing Advocacy Team, which comprises BEO’s research, policy, public affairs and strategic litigation functions. There will be opportunities for you to work with teams across the organisation and with key stakeholders. It’s a dynamic time for BEO and we hope you consider joining us on this journey.

In return we offer flexible working, including the option to work from home (where appropriate), 28 days of leave, above the statutory minimum pension contribution and parental leave with a package of wellbeing support.

Youth worker - Employment Support Programme, Full-time

Location: Westminster and Ripley, Surrey.

Reports to: Head of Programmes

Responsible for: this role has no line-management responsibilities.

Salary: starting from £26k pa

Hours: 1-9pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings with flexibility on Tuesday and Thursday during term-time. This role will require you to work some weekends.

Thank you for your interest in the role of Employment Support Youth worker at Caxton Youth Organisation.

We’re looking for someone who understands the youth workspace and is passionate about the need for extracurricular services for young people with learning disabilities, who is enthusiastic about youth-led activities and amplifying the youth voice, as well as having a good head for safeguarding and communicating to the young people, team, families and wider partners.

Ultimately this role will help us deliver an exciting menu of activities and achieve outcomes for our Employment Support programme, see the attached job description. This role is to lead Caxton Youth Organisation’s Employment support programme, the aim of which is to identify, assess and engage 60 young people with disabilities each year, focusing on workplace skills, digital literacy, staying safe, training opportunities, interpersonal skills, and volunteering.

Skills and Abilities

• Has a Youth Work qualification (E) preferably at degree-level (D)
• Excellent written and communication skills (E)
• Has a good understanding of different communication methods, including Makaton (D)
• Advanced use of Microsoft packages, including word and excel (D)

Experience

• Experience of project delivery (E)
• Experience of internal monitoring and evaluation of project outputs (E)
• Experience of reporting to funders (D)

Knowledge

• Has a comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality (E)
• A good understanding of issues surrounding young people with disabilities (E)
• Has an in-depth knowledge of the communication needs of disabled young people, specifically those on the autistic spectrum (D)

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements

• Is able to work as part of a team and to use own initiative (E)
• Is willing to travel and to work unsociable hours, including evenings and occasional weekends (E)
• A highly motivated and energetic leader (E)
• Self-starter, able to use own initiative to show insight and manage complex situations and processes between people (E)
• Is dependable and professional (E)
• The ability to remain calm when working under pressure (E)
• Is able to drive and willing to occasionally drive a minibus (D)

About Caxton Youth Organisation:

At Caxton, we work with 11-25 year olds with learning disabilities resident in Westminster. There is nowhere quite like Caxton Youth, that’s what the young people we work with and their families tell us, and we passionately believe it too.

Caxton is entering its 75th year, quite something for a small but mighty charity, and our longevity says so much about the importance of the services we provide to ensure young people with disabilities in Westminster are able to advance in their personal development, integrate into the community and lead independent and fulfilling lives wherever possible.

The majority of our work is delivered at our dedicated Youth Club in south Westminster. Our youth work team focus on young people’s social & emotional wellbeing, independence, employability and health & personal care. All these topics are addressed during weekly youth club sessions which take place in the evenings, and young people are supported to attend thanks to our very own Caxton minibus which collects and drops participants home across the borough. During school holidays we make use of our fantastic outdoor base in Surrey, giving our members the opportunity to experience life outside London, and parents and caregivers some much needed respite.

Essential Safer Recruitment Criteria

Caxton Youth Organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employer and the DBS.

Other information:

The time commitment is 37.5 hours per week. This will include evenings, the occasional weekend for trips to Ripley. We also arrange 2 weeks of fun residential trips during the Easter and Summer holiday, where you’d be expected to stay overnight. All overnight stays are taken back in lieu, meaning the added benefit is you can take extra holidays or days off during the week. While sessions are at specific times, this role lends itself to flexible working.

When you are not required to be in a specific place for activities, we are flexible about working location

Application Instructions:

A job description is attached. Applications must include:

• A CV with salary information for your most recent post and two referees, one of whom should be your present or most recent employer. We will contact them after interview if you are successful.

• A letter no more than 2 pages which explain how you meet the requirements in the person specification.

We plan to shortlist and schedule interviews throughout this time period. The interviews are provisionally scheduled in-person on the 12th July. If you wish to schedule an informal chat to learn more about the job, please call our office.

We are looking for an ambitious, experienced and talented Programme Lead who possesses the entrepreneurial experience needed to play a key part in ensuring our £1m BEO and Sky partnership for Black entrepreneurs to launch and grow their own businesses in the UK is an unmitigated success – could that be you?

Future 100 Growth Fund provides unprecedented access to direct financial support and supply chains, backed up by expert business advice, coaching and mentoring, to break down the significant barriers faced by Black British entrepreneurs when setting up businesses.

The programme will also create a vital and tight-knit community of Black British entrepreneurs, with valuable, regular opportunities to network and share experiences, successes and challenges.

We are looking for someone with a track record of managing accelerators, who has extensive programme management experience and who understands the mindset of a Black start up entrepreneur. You will be able to interface effortlessly with potential investors and others who offer support to Black talent who face huge barriers to investment, and human capital.

You will be a strong team player with the ability to establish strong relationships, manage complex programmes, identify and manage risks and also manage budgets. We also need someone who understands that it is lack of access to the opportunities to create family and community wealth that drives disadvantage in our community.

We want to eradicate the key drivers behind race-based wealth in-equality in the UK within a generation, and we are actively working in close partnership with a range of actors to make that vision a reality, are you the highly motivated self-starter that we are looking for to become part of this unique opportunity?

The Postal Museum is one of the newest and most exciting museum in London. We opened in 2017 and have already established the museum as a must-visit destination with award-winning experiences and marketing campaigns. Alongside hands-on exhibitions exploring over 500 years of British social and communications history, visitors can experience a subterranean ride through the tunnels of the old Post Office Underground Railway – Mail Rail. The museum welcomes over 160,000 visitors and our online content reaches almost a million users a year. We deliver award-winning learning, access and outreach programmes and provide unique experiences including popular Tunnel Walks under the streets of London. The museum also operates a children’s playspace – Sorted – popular with young families and schools. Alongside all this we offer one of the most unique venues in London for corporate hire and filming locations.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The successful candidate will be an experienced fundraiser who can support the museum primarily to identify and grow individual giving opportunities and nurture existing relationships, including with our Patrons, Sponsor a Sleeper supporters and key HNWI. This will include prospect research and the development of a new phase of the successful Sponsor a Sleeper campaign.

Responsibility for Trusts and Foundations is devolved across teams and the post will support colleagues, particularly in the Learning and Access teams, with research and best practice to secure grants of various sizes from trusts and foundations for our education, community and public programmes and report on their success to funders.

The post reports to the Head of Marketing and Communications and, as the sole fundraising specialist at the museum, will act as an adviser to the Executive Team on strategic decisions. 

As an employee of The Postal Museum, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including – but not limited to – a generous pension scheme, flexible working, cycle to work scheme and interest free season ticket loan.

The Postal Museum is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and lived experience, and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other

Enable Concordis work for peace by ensuring our (virtual) head-office operates smoothly. You don’t need experience of peacebuilding or charity work, just sublime organisational skills and a passion for peace.

Flexible hours, working from home within easy reach of Guildford, Surrey, UK, to meet the CEO & directors 1-2 times per week.

Application: Only by application form attached and downloadable from http://concordis.international/careers and emailed to: hr @ concordis.international

Deadline: Sunday 17th July at 23.59 hrs

Reports to: CEO

Concordis is a UK registered peacebuilding charity with programmes in Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Mauritania.  We work alongside those involved in or affected by armed conflict, helping them find workable solutions that address the root causes of conflict and contribute to lasting peace and economic development.  We’re committed to finding solutions that benefit women as well as men, those in armed groups as well as those who chose not to take up arms, national governments as well as civil society.

This work makes a difference.  A recent independent evaluation of our work in CAR found:

The project was highly impactful and added significant value to social cohesion, resilience, local economic development and governance. There was widespread evidence of changes in attitudes and behaviour between farmers and herders in project areas.

Delivered in an extremely complex context, the project demonstrated excellent flexibility and adaptive capacity and consequently remained highly relevant throughout the project period… It is an excellent and innovative pilot, which should be replicated and scaled up nationally.

Essential Criteria

These are absolute requirements; please only apply if you have these skills and experience:

1. At least 5 years in a senior administrative / management role (e.g. PA, EA, office manager, project manager)
2. Communications experience: writing or editing newsletters or reports; updating websites; managing social media feeds
3. Human resources experience, including helping recruit staff
4. Able to provide basic IT support to the wider team
5. Highly organised and professional
6. Commitment to Concordis’ mission, principles, values (available at http://concordis.international/our-mission-and-values/)

Desirable Criteria

We don’t expect applicants to be able to do all these things, but if you’ve experience in some of them, we’d love to hear about it.

1. Fundraising
2. Events management
3. French-speaking
4. Video editing
5. Safeguarding
6. Data management
7. Risk management
8. Security management

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES AND OUTCOMES  

1. Supporting good governance
   1. Organise meetings of the board of trustees, their sub-committees and the advisory panel, arranging dates and venues, collating agenda and papers, taking minutes, following up action points.
   2. Ensure Concordis’ policies (e.g. Security, Safeguarding, Anti-Corruption etc.) are available to all staff and kept up-to-date, either reviewing them yourself or following up with the person responsible.
   3. Steward the Risk Register, ensuring risks are reviewed regularly by the responsible person.
2. Helping communicate Concordis’ message
   1. Convert (rather dry) text from project reports into professional and attractive communications materials for printing, website and social media, for dissemination to current and prospective donors.
   2. Technical support with online and in-person conferences and events, creating PowerPoints and ensuring the tech platform is functioning well.
3. Professional support to the CEO and directors
   1. Convene meetings of the directors, senior management team and wider staff team, following up on action points as needed.
   2. Diary management for the CEO, setting up regular meetings with staff and people from outside the organisation, arranging visas, booking flights and accommodation etc.
4. Supporting the wider team (hence French language desirable but not essential)
   1. Oversee the security rota, ensuring someone is tracking staff working in hazardous areas at all times.
   2. Be the first line of IT support for the whole team, fixing minor issues as they arise and referring more difficult questions to IT consultants; help the team implement the cyber security policy.
   3. UK procurement, including IT equipment, branded clothing, business cards etc, keeping a central record of Concordis’ assets.
   4. Help the team improve file and data management, streamlining a workable system across the organisation.
   5. Steward the Office email account, referring messages to the relevant person.
   6. Keep a central record of programme deadlines and help ensure that they are met in good time.
   7. Receive and check staff expense claims, forwarding them for payment to the Finance Director
5. Human Resources
   1. Steward the recruitment processes across the organisation, working with the line managers responsible to prepare job descriptions, advertise roles, sift and shortlist, interview, take up references and checks, offer jobs and issue contracts.  Ensure HR files are kept up-to-date.
   2. Oversee onboarding of new staff, ensuring they have the information and equipment they need, are briefed on policies and feel part of the team.
   3. Diarise appraisals and ensure training needs are met.
   4. Work with programme managers to ensure safeguarding policies are known and being implemented.
   5. Administer the internship programme, ensuring quality recruitment and that interns are allocated to roles in which they can be useful and receive training.
6. Management of service providers
   1. Diarise renewals of insurance, licences, rental contracts and leases held by Concordis in all the countries where we work, ensuring that they are renewed, re-negotiated or notice is served in a timely manner (this might be done by you or referred to a programme manager).
   2. Manage online contracts with Garmin, Fulcrum, Canvas etc. and with donors such as the EU, US, UK.
   3. Be the first point of contact for our travel agent, insurance broker, IT support, landlord etc. ensuring we get a good service from them.

We are looking for a part time Shop Manager to work well alongside another part time Shop Manager, as a job share in the management of the shop and its volunteers, working to achieve maximum profitability, excellent customer service and awareness of the charity. The job involves manging the till, manual handling and sorting of donated goods. The role will work Monday, Friday and Saturday, 9.45am – 5.15pm. They will be required to work flexibly to provide cover during the absence of the other part time Shop Manager when they are sick or on annual leave, where they will run the shop during this time.

Tasks will include (and are not limited to):

• Helping meet sales targets
• Controlling expenditure to maximise profits
• Support the Manager with shop campaigns
• Ensuring volunteers maintain a high standard of customer care
• Supporting in pricing of items
• Controlling stock
• Arranging displays
• Assisting in recruitment and managing volunteers
• Ensuring volunteers are trained and meeting health and safety regulations
• Cash register procedures to ensure security of the shop takings
• Act as a keyholder

We are looking for passionate and committed candidates who have good managerial skills and are able to motivate a team, with some experience in the mental health field.

Mind in Croydon is a high quality, growing charity that prides itself on serving the people of Croydon and surrounding areas who need support with mental health issues. We seek to empower clients to lead a full life as part of the community.

Our working environment is a positive, supportive and flexible one. We provide great internal career opportunities for employees and a competitive salary and benefits package, including 28 days holiday (pro-rata), rising to 33 days (pro-rata) after 5 years’ service plus bank holidays, a good pension scheme and an Employee Assistance Programme.

To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter explaining:

• Why you would like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?

Full time 35 hours per week

Permanent

Grade D - pay circa £40k depending on location and experience

Location - Flexible but regular (2 days) travel to London Office (Euston) required

Close date: Friday 8th July 2022                                                                                     

Interview date: July 2022

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

The RCGP Council meets four times a year and makes decisions on strategic and policy issues, professional issues and the overall strategic aims of RCGP.

There is attendance from both nationally elected and faculty appointed representatives as well from the Leadership team and individuals from the College's internal and external stakeholder groups (Observers).

The Governance Manager will be required to:

1- provide clerking, coordination and administrative support services to Council, Council standing committees, sub-committees and working groups

2 - oversee the annual national and Council member ballots & elections

3 -providing governance/constitutional advice, guidance and support to the Executive Management Team and College Officers

4- manage, monitor and ensure an effective and comprehensive web presence (both website and intranet) of the department and its work / committees.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

~ Putting members at the heart of everything we do ~

The Development Manager sits in the Development Team, which is responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing relationships that can help make that work happen. The Manager will work to generate funds from Trusts and Foundations and Statutory organisations. The post holder will input into the strategic overview of the department and the development of the annual fundraising strategy. The role will work collaboratively across the organisation to identify and develop funding opportunities and will build relationships externally with existing and prospective funders. Partnership and project working will be instrumental in the role.

Key Responsibilities

• To maintain a solid understanding of the external funding environment, keep up to date with funding trends and developments in the sector.
• To write high quality and compelling bids, proposals and applications in order to secure funding from a wide range of Trusts and Foundations and statutory organisations.
• To write high quality and well-informed funder reports, using information drawn from across the organisation and including both qualitative and quantitative data.
• To put together draft project-specific budgets for sign off where appropriate or required. This might be helping to shape discreet project budgets for new areas of activity or working together with our Finance team to pull together larger budgets that reflect key strands of our core work.
• To line manage the Development Coordinator, providing regular support and feedback through 1-2-1s, identifying development opportunities and being responsible for undertaking the ‘Davy’ staff review process.
• To account manage larger pieces of work where appropriate to ensure contract requirements are met - playing a key role in the project management and co-ordination of large funded strands of activity that are delivered across multiple departments.
• To ensure all funder reporting requirements are met, regularly liaising with relevant departments to ensure key outcomes and objectives remain front of mind during the delivery of funded areas of activity
• To work with all teams across the organisation to identify and build funding opportunities, playing a role in the development of potentially fundable projects and areas of activity.

Person Specification

• At least 3 years’ experience working in either a fundraising, account management, business development or marketing/sales role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to understand, interpret, and present complex information in a persuasive and accurate way for a range of audiences both internally and externally.
• A proven track record of delivering to targets with the ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrable experience of successful bid writing, resulting in secured income.
• The ability to think and plan strategically, shape projects and deliver to agreed timelines.
• An effective influencer and negotiator with a demonstrable ability to sell concepts in a clear and engaging way.
• A self-motivated, proactive and collaborative individual with a proven ability of networking and developing new partnerships from scratch.
• A team player with a positive and flexible attitude with a willingness and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
• Confident in dealing with budgets and costings in order to be able to present them accurately within funding bids.
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and passion for, the mission and work of The Reader and its values.
• Experience of using a CRM system.
• Experience of working in or understanding of the voluntary, charity, health and social care or Arts sector.

Job Title: Within City Harvest this role is known as Food Sourcing Manager
Hours: 40 hours per week

City Harvest: City Harvest collects nutritious surplus food from manufacturers, suppliers and retailers and delivers, for free, to 350+ London charities, feeding those facing food poverty. City Harvest rescues food, people and planet by preventing food waste, providing life-changing support to communities in every London borough, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from waste. 

Purpose of role: To ensure City Harvest has a constant pipeline of food available for distribution to charity partners. Building and maintaining working relationships with food partners whilst keeping with the values of delivering the right food to the right charities in the right quantities.

Key Deliverables

To deliver year on year growth of the right food into City Harvest

• Strategically identify and contact new potential sources of food.
• Build key relationships with Donors to ensure longevity and commitment to donating to City Harvest.
• Understanding seasonality of donations, smoothing peaks and troughs through the year.

Identification of key areas within the food industry to secure potential sources of food

• Using industry knowledge of the UK food supply chains to highlight where potential unlocking of food may occur.
• Having the confidence and skill set to develop new external campaigns and initiatives to drive engagement from the food industry.
• Hold high level meetings with industry heads, giving the best account of City Harvest’s mission and vision.
• Driving forward our flagship campaign, Harvest for Hunger, reaching out to Farms, Growers and Packers to unlock food further up the supply chain.
• Own and drive forward the Primary Production, Events and Wholesale side of the sourcing efforts

Account management

• An understanding of the intricacies of managing numerous Food Donor accounts, working with each to maximise donations.
• Ensuring the Food Donors have everything they need in return, such as (not exhaustive) creation of Impact reports, holding corporate volunteer days, and annual face to face meetings.
• Being the voice of the Food Donor in internal discussions. Juggling what’s right for the Food Donor and what’s right for City Harvest.

Organisation Development Manager
Stratford, East London/Hybrid
To £66,000 plus £1300 car user's allowance

• Ate you an experience OD Manager?
• Are you CIPD qualified (or similar?)
• Do you have experience working for Senior Leadership teams and Executives?

If so, one of the top housing associations in the UK may be interested in talking with you

The role -

An experienced and professionally qualified OD Manager is required to lead, manage, and develop a team of 5x Organisation Development partners to successfully support senior leaders and managers across the organisation. You will support the implementation of the Future Shape strategy through the development, implementation and evaluation of blended OD initiatives aimed at developing skills, knowledge and behaviours aligned to our values.
Reporting to the Director of People and Organisation Development and working alongside Talent development and Learning systems and solutions teams as part of the organisations academy, you will support individuals, teams, and departments to continuously evolve and develop to reach their full potential.
You will lead on benchmarking and corporate employee engagement projects which include Investors in People and Great Places to Work. You will have experience in scoping, designing, and implementing OD Initiatives which support transformational change in a large complex multi-disciplinary environment.

Essential criteria -

The ideal candidate will have extensive practical experience in large scale organisational development projects. You should hold a chartered CIPD qualification or equivalent, be a certified coach and/or psychometric testing practitioner and experienced in programme management, managing external providers, applying commercial acumen, and managing budgets. The successful applicant will have strong people management, interpersonal skills, excellent written and oral communication, and sound project management and organisational skills.
You should have demonstrable experience and a commitment to providing excellent customer service to external and internal customers. You will have strategic vision and the confidence and ability to engage with senior management. You will need to be self-motivated, but also able to work easily as part of a large diverse team.

This organisation has been voted one of the best places to work in the UK, offer hybrid and flexi working and an outstanding benefits package.

________

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Learning and Development Manager
Salary: Up to £35,000 pa
Hours: 36 hours per week (Full Time)
Location: Home-based – Travel as required
Contract: Permanent

About Home-Start UK:

Home-Start UK is the leading family charity with trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children in communities across the UK. We are an umbrella organisation of circa 50 staff that works closely with our network of 184 local Home-Starts – all independent, registered charities.

We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressures families are under and the critical importance of organisations that are supporting parents and children. We are now looking for a Learning and Development Manager to join our expanding team at Home-Start UK, as we drive forward our new Future of Learning and Development at Home-Start.

About the Role:

The Learning & Development Manager is responsible for the research, development and implementation of programmes of learning for the Home-Start network. Initially, this programme will focus on the design and implementation of eLearning and online events associated with existing funded programmes. This will build to a wider scope across various roles following the development of a new Network Learning Strategy. The Manager will jointly lead this with the Assistant Director, part of building a new learning organisation in line with our new Strategic Framework. The Learning & Development Manager will meet the professional CIPD standards at least to Associate level and will act as the learning subject matter expert for Home-Start.

Closing date for applications: Monday 18th July 2022

To Apply and for More Information:

Please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete your application for this position.

Home-Start is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity.  We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability.  Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process. This is a UK wide role and applicants are eligible to apply from across the UK.  We are also happy to discuss flexible working needs.

Should you have any difficulty completing an application e.g. due to a visual impairment, please contact us so we can find a solution that will enable you to apply to us.

As part of any recruitment process, Home-Start UK collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants.  You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to Home-Start UK during the recruitment process.  However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly or at all.  For further information please refer to the Home-Start UK Job Applicant Privacy Notice available on our website.

Home-Start UK, a charitable company limited by guarantee.  Company No. 5382181.  Charity No. in England and Wales 1108837 and in Scotland SCO39172.  Registered Office: The Crescent, King Street, Leicester LE1 6RX.

No agencies please.

We are seeking a Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Service Manager to build on our established by and for intersectional VAWG advocacy and support services. 

KMEWO’s VAWG specialist service aims to provide a holistic support for vulnerable Kurdish and Middle Eastern and North African women who are experiencing domestic abuse and honour-based violence. The VAWG support services covers intersectional advocacy, general advice, one to one counselling and group’s wellbeing and therapeutic activities. The service is an essential part of our “Circle of Services” that is designed to help women transform their lives from victims to Thrivers. Together, services support women to reach safety, recovery and rebuilding their skills. In addition, our services tackle social isolation, poverty, and digital exclusion, and provide upskilling opportunities for women whilst meeting their essential needs. 

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of delivering and managing VAWG services targeted at black and minoritized women, including team and case management reviews, advocacy and understanding of the legal system and monitoring and evaluation of holistic services.

Due to the KMEWO’s commitment to the principles of as “led by and for” service provision, the candidate’s gender is an occupational requirement in accordance with Paragraph 1, Schedule 9, of the Equality Act 2010.

CLOSING DATE:  Thursday, 30th June 2022 5PM  

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits dependant on experience 

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Homebased – UK.

Advert Closing date: Monday 4th July 2022 

About Us  

Action for Children supported 600,000 children and families through our services last year, but with 4 million children in the UK living in poverty, we need to be able to do more. By building on what we already do - growing and delivering more services in more communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, we will be able to provide more emotional and practical care and support to children and young people who need it.

What you'll be doing:  

Reporting to the Director of Growth and Service Design, this a pivotal new role for Action for Children. You will drive and deliver our ambitious growth plans for Children's Services and build our external reputation as a provider of sustainable, high-quality and impactful services. 

In this leadership role, you shape and drive the growth plan delivery with your team of Service Development and Relationship Managers to establish new commissioning relationships and services in our priority service areas.  

Our four priority areas for growth are Family Support, Mental Health, Looked After Children and Disability. 

You'll do this by: 

• Managing the Service Development and Relationship Management team. 
• Growing the charity's income through lead generation and the development of relationships with potential, existing and new commissioners.
• Leading the service development in our four priority growth areas.
• Collaborating with the Head of Business Development to create robust plans to ensure that growth targets are met.   
• Developing a three-year plan for proactively prospecting to win and grow business, .
• Ensuring growth strategies and programmes are based on market understanding including policy changes and insights into new markets and opportunities. 

What we need from you:  

• Relevant professional qualification in Education, Health or Social care or equivalent experience.
• Experience of developing business strategies to secure service delivery contracts. 
• Experience of public sector commissioning and problem-solving, particularly from a third sector and/or social care perspective.
• Experience of working at a senior level in children's services or a related social care field.
• Experience of working within a challenging, competitive external environment, and working to clear internal business objectives and targets.
• Ability to identify and convert new business streams into successful new business.

Action for Children is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff, volunteers and the children and young people we support. We value the diversity of our staff and are dedicated to becoming the most inclusive Children's charity where all staff can thrive and be themselves. Therefore, we are actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups, particularly people with a disability and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are committed to our Diversity & Inclusion strategy and to becoming an anti-racist organisation. You can read more on our website here: Equality and diversity | Action For Children

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact David Simpson, Recruitment Partner.

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.