Hours:  Full-time (35 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00)

Salary:  £30,000 to £42,000 per annum FTE, depending on experience, plus 6% contributory pension scheme

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. In April 2019, the Centre opened its new Centre of Excellence located in King’s Cross.

The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The post-holder will work with the Senior Programme Manager in the Family Hubs team to support the Centre with setting up and delivering the Department for Education funded National Centre for Family Hubs. The National Centre will be a virtual resource hub and learning network (supporting by a series of dissemination events) to champion Family Hubs and spread best practice/evidence on integrated family service models to Local Authorities across England.

The Programme Manager will manage a small national team of staff, with direct line management of four Regional Coordinators and five Regional Local Authority Advisors. The Programme Manager will also complete the roles and responsibilities for the Regional Coordinator for London and the South East, including working to engage and consult with a number of Local Authorities in this region to implement Family Hubs in their area.

The post would be suited to a resilient, motivated, organised, creative, adept in managing projects, and developing relationships.

The post-holder will be home-based/remote working during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; thereafter the Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH and occasional travel will be required predominantly within the London area.

Please email Recruitment @ annafreud .org if you require assistance or experience difficulties in applying. Please note all our posts require candidates to have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of applying and we do not hold a sponsorship licence.

Contract duration
May 2021 to March 2023

Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Wednesday 12 May 2021.

Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 14 May 2021.

Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates.

Interviews
Interviews will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2021.

How to apply
For more information about this role and to apply, please go to annafreud. org/ vacancies/

We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

We are now recruiting for a highly skilled Conference Event Manager to deliver our National Conference, which will be taking place this October.

You will be required to work with the Head of Events up until August, to help capture the vision and first stages of planning for the conference. After that, you will solely lead the further planning and creation of the conference and see it through to completion, reporting into the Head of Partnerships.

Our Stewardship strategy is to encourage and resource the church and Christian charities at a very significant and pivotal time in their ministries. You will be responsible for the detailed delivery of the event and subsequent follow up to understand the value and impact it brings.

This is a maternity cover position with a fixed-term contract ending 30th November 2021

Main responsibilities

• Fully capture and grasp the vision for the conference and ensure it is consistently referred to in the planning process, through to completion.
• Outline a realistic timeline to achieve the vision and ensure the developments of the project remain on track.
• Prepare and lead regular conference committee meetings with internal staff co-producing the conference and follow up each meeting with minutes and actions.
  
  Meetings should cover:
  • Discussing updates
  • Brainstorming solutions for next steps that align with the vision.
  • Ensure actions have been completed from previous meetings.
  • Drive the planning to ensure it is executed in a timely manner.
     

The Conference Committee should support you as you lead the following areas as they ensure you are adhering to the Stewardship brand and vision for the conference.

• Ongoing brainstorming and implementing conference plans and concepts.
• Booking, liaising and negotiating with suppliers and contractors.
• Manage 3rd party ‘exhibit partners’ / sponsors depending on the mode that the conference is delivered whether online, hybrid or in person.
• Handling all logistics.
• Manage the conference marketing and PR strategy with support from the internal Stewardship marketing team.
• Creating and managing the ticketing process.
• Creating and developing event feedback surveys.
• Maintain a good relationship with the venue coordinators, giving regular updates on the developments of the project.
• Gather an events team made of internal staff and create a roster for the team working at the conference.
• Manage the running of the Conference to ensure all runs smoothly.
• Ensure all areas of Health and Safety are discussed with the venue and adhered to, taking on any responsibilities from Stewardship’s side; For example reviewing and agreeing the venue risk assessments in light of social distancing restrictions, of which will need to be considered throughout the planning process.
• Manage the delivery of the Conference within the budgets and resources at your disposal. This will include reporting on ticket sales, income and expenditure and anticipated/target profit for the event. (Which is not the aim but is also a necessary contribution to the Stewardship overall budget)
• To discover, engage and manage speakers and content across different streams for different audiences to help bring the most value to delegates and partners.
• Keep the Conference Committee up to date and aligned with discussions, proposals and decisions will be important to free you into the active management of the planning and delivery process. Carry out a post event debrief analysis, creating and handling reports based of feedback, budgets and process.
• Prepare and lead an event debrief meeting with the conference committee after the event and present final report of findings.

Bikeworks is looking for an Operations Manager to join our team. The role will work in collaboration with our new Programmes Manager, Finance Manager and Head of Business Development, under guidance from the CEO, as a member of the Senior Management Team. It is our expectation that as we grow, you will want to grow with us.

At Bikeworks we target communities who experience significant and disproportionate inequalities. Never has our role as a community-evolved social enterprise been more important as we continue to live with the effects of the pandemic.

The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the successful delivery of our established commercial activities from the Bikeworks overall offer. You will be responsible for maintaining good relationships and communication with external stakeholders, while optimising processes that focus on the quality, efficiency and value for money of our delivery as a social enterprise, balancing at all times our social, environmental and financial bottom line. The role also has responsibility for ensuring all policies and procedures are implemented, updated and adhered to. 

In alignment with the Programmes Manager, the Operations Manager is responsible for the strengthening of our ‘eco-system’ of projects and activities, making sure each element works together to achieve our mission by promoting internal joined-up thinking and approaches. You will lead on the development of staff, freelancers and volunteers to achieve contractual outputs and outcomes, at a time when Bikeworks is scaling and has diversified its delivery model.   

This is a new role for Spark Inside and is essential to deliver our new strategy and future goals. The Participation and Engagement Manager role is designed to build trust and strengthen the relationships with the young people in and out of prison, supporting them to engage with our work and express their views safely, in order to embed a culture of listening. The purpose of the role is to ensure we deliver work that is truly co-produced with young people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and helps to create real change.

You will work directly with the young people and will coordinate and embed our In-Prison Advisory Boards, as well as build a group/​board of young service users in the community. You will plan and deliver the most effective ways to engage young people so that their views and experiences shape our influencing activity and our organisational development and strategies.

ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO INFORM OUR ADVOCACY AND INFLUENCING ACTIVITY

• Lead our In-Prison Advisory Boards (IPABs), working in prisons and youth offending institutes and use the learning from the IPAB pilot and future evaluations to engage young people in prisons/YOIs.
• Set up and coordinate a group of young people in the community that have participated in our coaching programmes and/or have had contact with the criminal justice system (CJS), to be our ‘Champions’. Including developing an effective structure that will feed the views of the young people directly into our influencing priorities, so that our policy, advocacy and communications campaigns are initiated and/or co-designed by young people.
• Engage the young people in opportunities to publicly address, champion and advocate for: rehabilitation; culture change in prisons; the transformational power of coaching in prisons; challenging systemic racism, and other related areas.
• Collate the findings from the young people sensitively and thoroughly; analyse and present the results in an accessible format to funders, the team and Trustees and other stakeholders.
• In addition to influencing priorities, develop a framework that ensures the wider Spark Inside team can engage the young people in the development of our strategy, programmes and other charity objectives. This includes the CEO, Board of Trustees, and the Programmes Team.

ENSURING YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED PARTICIPANTS

• Nurture and develop these young people including training and skill development.
• Work with the Communications Team to ensure young people’s ideas and experiences are reflected in the wider comms work, including our website, social media, events, policy positions and recommendations, imagery, video and marketing materials, designing and delivering all public-facing campaigns.
• Proactively gather views and ideas from young Black men, with a view to shining a light on their specific experiences of the CJS.
• Support and empower the IPAB members and ‘Champions’ to identify campaigning and media opportunities they would like to participate in; and support their involvement appropriately, ensuring that the young people are willing and happy participants at every stage.
• Build a mechanism to close the feedback loop with the young people, reporting back on campaign coverage and impact.

When applying, please also complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form: https://​www​.sur​vey​mon​key​.co​.uk/​r​/​S​p​a​r​k​I​n​s​i​d​e​-​E​O​MForm 

London (Wells Lawrence House) and SE office (Epsom)= £41, 792 - 46, 435
Homebased and Region/national offices = £38,674-43,317

Here at Eden Brown we have an exciting opportunity to join a well-loved national health charity as a Senior Events and Mass Participation Manager. This role is responsible for developing and delivering the charities' multi-million-pound portfolio of events and mass participation fundraising activities.

As Senior Events and Mass Participation Manager you will be responsible for leading a high performing team and will also be involved in prototyping, testing and launching new activities which really focuses on delivering an outstanding supporter experience. You will motivate and mentor your team to ensure success.
Project Management skills are key to this role and you will be responsible for delivering and developing a successful portfolio of products which will increase brand awareness as well as inspire supporters. You will also implement the strategy for growth in fundraising events and Mass Participation.

You will need to demonstrate that you have a good track record of marketing and delivering successful events and Mass Participation Activity. Project Management experience is essential. You will have excellent relationship management experience and also have managed key stakeholders.

This role can be based in the London office, regional offices or it can be home based. Please note the salary will differ due to London Weighting. The closing date is 23rd May with interviews scheduled in for 1st June.
For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected] or call 01132207540

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Summary

Mass participation activity is an important area of growth for Diabetes UK's Engagement and Fundraising Directorate. We have seen some great successes in our Diabetes UK bespoke challenges both in terms of acquisition and fundraised income, growing from c.3000 event participants to more than 30,000 in the last three years.

The Senior Events & Mass Participation Manager is a pivotal role within our Engagement & Fundraising Directorate, responsible for developing and delivering our multi-million-pound portfolio of events and mass participation fundraising activities, such as our flagship campaigns, One Million Step Challenge and Swim22.

Interview dates: 1 and 4 June 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

Leading a high performing team to optimise our activity you'll also work to prototype, test, and launch new activity or ways of working to continually improve our offer and deliver an excellent supporter experience. An experienced manager, you'll focus on creating a motivating environment, coaching, and developing your team on to even greater successes.

Demonstrating your excellent planning and project management skill, you'll embrace insight, testing, evaluating, and continuous optimisation ensuring all of our engagement is audience-centred. This is an exciting time to join us in delivering on this commitment to create a world where diabetes can do no harm.

Ideal Candidate

You'll be able to demonstrate a significant track record of marketing and delivering successful events and mass participation activity, as well as having excellent communication and project management skills. You are organised and can demonstrate managing high performing activity through others across multiple workstreams, with a clear focus on optimising and improving delivery at every opportunity.

You'll bring brilliant cross-organisational leadership experience with stacks of emotional intelligence and stakeholder engagement skills. You will thrive when working in partnership and making alliances, critical for leading on our engagement with strategic partners, as well as internal and external stakeholders.

We are committed to providing an excellent supporter experience and you will bring a breadth of knowledge and ideas to help us connect with diverse audiences and build long term engagement.

We are looking for someone who enjoys building relationships and can accept the challenge of supporting Whizz-Kidz’ Young people’s Team with its growth and development strategy.  As Community Engagement & Participation Officer, you will work alongside the Services Delivery Managers and Associate Director of Young People’s Services to identify and implement participation strategies and engagement opportunities with partners.

You will cultivate existing and new partnerships by service and locality. This includes raising the profile of the charity and our projects amongst youth professionals and organisations as well as engaging new young people into the services. You will work to create a pathway for young people to refer into all Whizz-Kidz services and promote specific work programmes within Schools, partners, local communities and Local Authorities.

Applicants should have experience of community engagement, project management, presentations and training, partnership working, working with Local authorities and building professional networks.

You should be a self starter with innovative ideas, and have the confidence to initiate contact with new organisations and professionals. You will also have experience of working with Communications teams and utilising social media. You should have a commitment to equality and diversity as well as a robust understanding of GDPR policies and procedures. 

A significant number of our activities for Young People happen over the weekend, across the UK and you should be available to work over the weekends and travel as required to ensure that you are in regular contact with the Young People we support.

This is a new role to Whizz-Kidz and we are looking for someone who can help us in the embedding the next stage of our development of services within our team.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing Date 21st May 2021, 5pm

Participation Youth Worker

Join our team supporting young people in Norfolk

Hours: Ideally full time 37 hours per week, but we will consider applicants wanting to work part time or other flexible arrangements such as job shares

Contract: Permanent

Location: Norwich or elsewhere in Norfolk

Salary: £23,397 pa full time equivalent

At MAP, we are advisers, counsellors, youth workers and other professionals working together to provide the best support we can to young people aged 11-25, in a way that works for them.

The pandemic is having a negative impact on young people and the way they live their lives.  We are very excited to have secured additional funding enabling us to expand our services to young people and we are recruiting people to join our team who are committed to our values of:

- Being Young Person Centred

- Valuing Each Individual

- Being Professional

- Working for Social Justice

Our participation youth workers work alongside young people on campaigns, lobbying and youth involvement that promotes young people’s views, creates social change and ensures the voice of young people is heard in decision making.  The ideal candidate will be passionate about supporting young people to take action and will have experience of working with young people, networking, community organising, campaigning, lobbying and social movements.

As a youth worker at MAP, the successful candidate can expect to work on a range of projects at different times. The role we anticipate the successful candidate working on initially is MAP’s Youth Participation Programme for Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to join this new team, facilitating young people’s involvement in the design and delivery of the Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health Transformation process. It is essential that young people share their hopes, concerns and experiences, working alongside professionals to ensure change happens in an informed and relevant way. 

The successful candidates will receive a range of benefits including:

• competitive salary
• generous pension contributions
• company sick pay
• excellent on-going training and development opportunities
• support from an established and reputable team
• corporate events and activities
• wellbeing focus
• regular line management
• flexible working
• 30 days holiday increasing to 35 after 5 years’ service (plus bank holidays)
• access to benefits including  cycle to work scheme

How to apply:

Please follow the website link and the relevant steps.

The closing date for completed applications is Monday 24th May 2021 at 9am

Interviews are expected to be held during week commencing 31st May 2021.

Bikeworks is looking for a Programmes Manager to join our team. This new role will be responsible for overseeing the impactful delivery of a growing portfolio of projects and activities. The role has been created to enable our CEO to step away from the operational day-to-day duties and lead on the significant development of Bikeworks. For the role to be successful, the Programmes Manager will work in collaboration with our Operations Manager, Finance Manager, and Head of Business Development, under guidance from the CEO.

At Bikeworks we target communities who experience significant and disproportionate inequalities, never has our role as a community-evolved social enterprise been more important, as we continue to live with the effects of the pandemic.

The new Programmes Manager will bring together some of our new and growing areas of delivery to ensure efficiency, connectivity and quality, while developing staff, freelancers and volunteers to achieve outputs and outcomes, at a time when Bikeworks is scaling and diversifying its delivery model. 

In alignment, and working with our Operations Manager, the role will be responsible for the strengthening of our ‘eco-system’ of projects and activities, making sure each element works together to achieve Bikeworks’ mission, by promoting internal joined-up thinking and approaches to provide meaningful outcomes for increased physical activity, wellbeing and connectivity. 

You will also support the development of our offer, assisting Bikeworks in growing its social impact by actively collaborating with the business development team, providing data and information, including case studies and other insights, to support our rationale and creation of compelling propositions. It is our expectation that as we grow, you will want to grow with us.

Our environment is supportive and energetic. We are a small, driven, collaborative team, who deliver incredible impact as a not-for-profit social enterprise. This includes being recognised for our work during the pandemic when we transformed into an emergency cycle delivery service for vulnerable and shielded Londoners. 

Social Enterprise Manager

Taurus Crafts, Lydney, Glos

We are looking for a values-driven entrepreneur with a successful track record in successful social enterprise to redevelop Camphill Village Trust’s Taurus Crafts visitor centre.

Passion for delivering positive social impact for people with learning disabilities, alongside a flair for retail and hospitality, and an ability to spot opportunities will be needed to deliver transformational change. In return, we will support you with the required level of investment and the freedom to develop the centre within an agreed outline plan.

Co-production is one of our core values and you’ll work alongside people with learning disabilities to develop pathways to work, through training and work experience.

Camphill Village Trust is a registered charity supporting over 600 people with learning and other disabilities through ten communities and services in England.  We’ve been going for over 65 years.  Supporting people to make fantastic artisan produce is in our DNA, and you’ll have the opportunity to showcase the Trust to people visiting and living in the Forest of Dean.

Successful applicants for this role will require an Enhanced DBS check. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. We will undertake checks of successful candidates before starting work, which will include an Enhanced DBS check.

Akademi is recruiting for a dynamic and committed Learning & Participation Producer. The L&P Producer is an integral role in the organisation, working 4-5 days/week as Akademi grows and develops our participatory practice taking South Asian dance to our communities. The post holder will be highly motivated and will be supported and encouraged to bring their creative flair, initiative and arts participation experience to the role. To find out more, please download a recruitment pack below.

Akademi is committed to being an Equal Opportunities employer and recognises the importance and advantages of diverse workplaces and communities. Any candidate who self-identifies as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent, as a person of colour, and/or as genderqueer, and who meets the essential person specification, is guaranteed an interview. If you feel that this applies to you, please indicate in your application email.

Fundraising Manager

HOURS PER WEEK37 hours per week, would consider part-time working 30

SALARY £28,500 (full time equivalent)

CLOSING DATE Monday 24 May at 10am  

INTERVIEWSTuesday 1 June

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to join the team at Cast to deliver and develop the fundraising strategy.

At Cast we believe in the creative potential of every individual and the transformative power of engagement with the arts. Cast’s work will enrich lives and inspire the people of Doncaster and the wider region, contributing to vibrant and creative communities. 

The successful applicant will be an experienced fundraiser with a passion for the arts and culture and the important role it plays in the promotion of health and wellbeing. With a proven ability to meet and exceed targets, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to cultivate donors and build relationships from scratch whilst being equally committed to securing the support of larger trusts and foundations.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Marketing and Development team to promote Cast’s Fundraising activity, ensuring that messaging reaches the widest range of potential and current supporters possible, playing an active role in recruiting from across the wide cross section of Doncaster communities.

Cast strives to be an inclusive organisation, open and welcoming to everyone. If you have the relevant skills and experience for the role and would like to work at a vibrant and ambitious theatre at the heart of the Doncaster, we’d love to hear from you.

TO APPLY

For further information, including a detailed job description, please visit Cast’s website. To apply, please visit DCLT's website, CV’s, letters or paper application forms are not acceptable and will not be considered.

City of Chelmsford Mencap is seeking a proactive and experienced Fundraising and Events Manager to take a lead role in its ambitious plans for development. You’ll work in a supportive team and become part of a diverse and inclusive community that is committed to championing the rights and abilities of people with a learning disability.You will have the opportunity to be creative and innovative in producing fundraising initiatives and events, and will gain immense job satisfaction making a positive difference to our service users, charity and the wider community.

Fundraising Manager – Community & Challenge Events

We are seeking an experienced Fundraising Manager to start as soon as possible and to lead our community and challenge event fundraising programme in 2021. This is a 12-month fixed term contract to cover a secondment of the current postholder.

Fundraising Manager – Community & Challenge Events Responsibilities:

- Leading the planning and delivery of the Rays of Sunshine community & challenge events fundraising portfolio.
- Maximising the return on investment from each activity/event and ensure they realise their full potential in terms of engagement and participation levels.
- Building Rays of Sunshine’s community of supporters around the UK, encouraging and aiding fundraising activities in schools, universities and other community settings.

Fundraising Manager – Community & Challenge Events Requirements:

You will ideally have worked in a similar level role within the charity sector and have an excellent track record of managing and delivering a portfolio of successful community and challenge events.

Rays of Sunshine is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our team (staff & volunteers) to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we carry out basic disclosure checks on all staff and volunteers and require all roles working directly with children and young people to have an enhanced disclosure check. This post is subject to a basic disclosure check.

For more information and details of how to apply, please view our Recruitment Pack.

About Rays of Sunshine:

Rays of Sunshine is an award-winning national charity that brightens the lives of seriously ill young people and their families by granting wishes and providing ongoing help in hospital and within the community. We believe that every child deserves to experience happiness and put their illness on hold – even if it is just for one day. Our vision is to make wishes come true and turn them into happy memories.

Location: London N3

Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 35

Salary: £30-£35k depending on experience

Closing date: 12pm on Wednesday 26th May 2021

Interview date (by zoom): 4th June 2021

You may have experience of the following: Community & Events Fundraiser, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising and Events Coordinator, Event Fundraiser, Community Fundraiser, Direct Marketing, Events Coordinator, Community Fundraising, Third Sector, Charity, Not for Profit, Fundraiser, Fundraising Assistant, Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Sales Executive, Fundraising Manager, etc.

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