Multiple Hybrid Working Vacancies in Medway, Leicester, Manchester, Worksop & Liverpool

Belonging to the Royal Voluntary Service community means inspiring volunteers to support the nation’s health and wellbeing. It means tackling the most pressing social issues in a workplace full of opportunities.

Through the gift of voluntary service, our volunteers provide much-needed support for over-stretched public services. They work at scale in the NHS, freeing up staff to dedicate more time to patient care and within communities to give practical help and support to people when they need it.

Our people are a welcoming team of individuals from every background who support one another to be their best. They are also some of the country’s most compassionate and dedicated people who step forward to help make society better connected and more inclusive – where everyone can thrive.

The Role
As a Service Co-ordinator, you will provide a Home-from-Hospital support service to recently discharged patients.

Upon leaving the hospital, you will be responsible for transporting patients to their homes and continuing to assist them in their daily needs for up to 4 weeks.

In this time, you will ensure that patients reconnect with their community and activities of interests, to minimise readmissions and reduce isolation and loneliness.

Additionally, you will provide support to the Service Manager in the recruitment and training processes of new volunteers.

About You
To be considered a Service Co-ordinator, you will need:
- A full, valid driving licence and access to own vehicle
- A willingness to transport patients, both home from hospital and to other identified community settings
- Demonstrable experience of working in a person-centred manner
- A working knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the needs of patients upon discharge from hospital
- An awareness of the principles of Safeguarding (Adults and Children)
- Excellent communications ability at all levels
- The ability to act on your own initiative within agreed parameters
- The ability to proficiently use standard IT systems, email, Microsoft Teams and role specific databases
- GCSEs or Welsh and/or Scottish equivalent qualification in Maths and English at grades A*-C

Why you should join our team
We’re proud to be in the top 25 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK, based on ratings from Indeed. As a valued employee at Royal Voluntary Service, you will benefit from the following:

- Salary of £9.27 per hour
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website, 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions built-in
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Access to award-winning e-learning and development
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- A great pension scheme
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- Six weeks company sick pay
- 25 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)

Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.

How to apply
If you think you’d succeed as our Service Co-ordinator, please select the apply button shown to be brought through to the application process.

The closing date for applications is 3rd February 2022.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

These roles are part-time working 17.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, on a fixed-term contract until July 2022.

Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to pre-employment checks. This may include a criminal records check.

Other organisations may call this role Charity Service Co-ordinator, Community Support Co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Hospital Services Co-ordinator, or Volunteer Support Co-ordinator.

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Overall role purpose:

This role is a new and forward-thinking post. Based at the Hope Centre, the successful candidate will work (25 hours a week) directly with clients both as a Key Worker (housing and associated needs) and by creatively designing and running new projects tailored to clients’ needs. We have assessed that at any one time around a third of our clients are at the point to become more independent but need to develop skills to maintain their tenancies and reintegrate into wider society. Therefore, you will scope out and develop new projects aimed at increasing clients’ skills and abilities to prevent the ‘revolving door’ scenario by which clients could move back into homelessness. Project delivery will involve developing links with other organisations and volunteers. Although flexible, it is anticipated that there will be an equal split between working with clients as their Key Worker and on new project development work.

Main Activities:

Key Work:

Our Key Workers have their own set of clients and work as part of the wider but small team. Together the team promotes a warm and welcoming environment where clients feel valued and are encouraged to use all the Centre’s facilities.

• Comprehensive assessment of new clients, undertaking risk assessments including assessing initial and longer-term needs
• Work with clients to plan, implement and review decisions about the range of options on offer
• Provide practical and personal support to clients in an approachable, caring and person-centred way. 
• Follow up with clients by appointment or if in crisis they can drop in
• Advocate and support clients as they navigate their crisis – such as accompanying them to appointments for housing assessments
• Work holistically with clients addressing their homelessness situation, focusing on improvement in confidence and self-esteem and progress towards personal aims and ambitions and work towards achieving them.
• Work as part of a dedicated team to provide safe, high quality, positive and inclusive service to clients

Project Work:

As an exciting and new initiative this role will allow the successful candidate to pioneer a brand new area of Hope4’s work. These projects could include ‘house to home’ skills such as cooking, budgeting, taking up hobbies and developing new friendships and social networks, or experts by experience groups. This role will also involve developing volunteering opportunities for the wider community within these projects. Through this we aim to support each client holistically helping them to ensure they sustain their new homes.

• Working with the Manager to develop project concepts that support and reflect clients’ identified needs
• Lead on project activities including working alongside others in the team to assess clients’ needs and suitability
• Develop a network of agencies and partners in the wider community to support project delivery
• Recruit, lead and motivate a team of volunteers to be envisioned and engaged in supporting and developing project delivery
• Monitor and evaluate project delivery and success

For more details see the Job Description/Person Specification attachment.

Still not sure? Why not find out more about Hope4 on our website, by visiting the Centre in person or by meeting the team online by appointment contacting the Centre Manager.

How to apply?

Send your CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the job criteria

Closing date for applications: Sunday 30th January 2022, 23.59

Interviews: 7th or 8th February 2022

Hope4 does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accepts the fees associated with them.

Leicestershire Cares is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and passionate Project Development Officer to deliver and develop a new Youth Homelessness Project. This role will use our Power to Change approach to develop and provide direct support to young people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who are homeless or in insecure, temporary or unsafe accommodation.

If you enjoy working with young people, are creative, entrepreneurial, ambitious, resilient, committed to making a change and want to lead and develop young person-centred projects, we would like to hear from you.

Your enthusiasm will be matched by your organisational and planning abilities and your ability to work in partnership with a wide range of organisations and business partners.

The project will give you opportunities to network locally and feed into policy and practice debates.

Given the nature of this post an enhanced DBS check will be carried out.

Salary: £23-25k pro rata'd per annum depending on experience.

Job type: Part-time (28 hours per week) fixed term contract until the end of March 2024

Closing date: 12pm on Friday 4th February

Interview date: Friday 11th February face-to-face at our offices in Leicester, subject to Covid restrictions

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Neetu Squire, Head of Community Development.

About us

Leicestershire Cares is a creative, vibrant and supportive organisation with a friendly working environment. We offer lots of opportunities for development and progression, and have a staff social committee that organises regular team socials and wellbeing initiatives.

Other employee benefits include:

• Employer pension scheme (Leicestershire Cares matches employee contributions by 5%)
• Free parking on site
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance scheme
• Generous leave allowance
• Flexible/agile working
• Cycle to work allowance
• Employer-supported volunteering opportunities

Leicestershire Cares is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to inclusivity. A core part of our work focusses on ensuring that we support the full and diverse range of local communities in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and our team brings together staff from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity.

We would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. 

Engagement and Impact Manager

We’re looking for an energetic and committed individual to co-ordinate a wide range of projects and engage with service users of a large Leicester based charity.

Position: Member Services Manager (Internal title)

Location: Leicester - homeworking and hybrid working available with travel to Leicestershire.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 25-30 hours, per week

Salary: £30 - £35k per annum FTE

Benefits: Excellent health benefits, a defined contribution pension scheme and access to an employee assistance programme.

About the role:

Working as part of a team of passionate and skilled staff and volunteers, you will help the charity engage with more people and help them to deliver their strategic objectives and future vision and measure the impact they’re having. You will lead, manage and create projects to reach, support and grow membership.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive, manage and co-ordinate a wide range of projects and activities that engage with and support people affected by sight loss
• Support the development and empowerment of user and peer-led groups and activities
• Capture and share the learning around the risks and impacts of social isolation within the community
• Engage with active networks across local services, communities and partner organisations
• Manage budgets and resources to have maximum impact

About you:

As Engagement and Impact Manager you will have experience of working within community based services, you will need to bring an energy and commitment that are contagious and will naturally support and enable people to try new things and get involved.

Key skills and experience include:

• Listening and responding to the people who use services
• Knowledge of the funding and reporting process for charitable projects
• developing and supporting volunteers
• Budget management experience
• Project management from conception to evaluation
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Strong commitment to equality and diversity
• Good networker, capable of building relationships at all levels

You may also have experience as a; Service Delivery Manager, Engagement Manager, Impact Manager, Impact and Evaluation, Programmes and Impact, Programme Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Membership Coordinator, Membership Manager, Project Management, Member Services, Membership Development Manager, Senior Project Manager, Services Manager, etc.

Senior Development Worker – Mental Health Crisis Alternatives

This is an exciting new role and the successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting communities to provide an alternative to crisis support. This is a role that requires an understanding of mental health challenges and would be an opportunity to work at a senior level to develop new services across Derby and Derbyshire. We require someone with excellent interpersonal skills, a track record in community development and some knowledge of the mental health voluntary sector would be desirable.

37 hours, including some weekend and evening working

Salary: £31.746.00 -  12 month contract (possible extension subject to external funding and review)

We need a new senior development worker who will support the development of pathways for supporting delivery of Crisis alternatives across a wide range of stakeholders.

You will need excellent communication skills, and an aptitude for learning. You must be self motivated and able to work independently within an agreed framework. You will be self-supporting so must be fully computer literate. You will need to be able to work flexible hours and to travel across Derby and Derbyshire.  Posts will be based at our office in Long Eaton.  

The post is initially for a one-year contract (possible extension subject to external funding and review)

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  9^th February 2022 4PM.

INTERVIEW DATE: 16^th February 2022

About the role

The ‘Inspire Programme’ is a targeted programme delivered in primary and secondary schools in and around Leicestershire.

The purpose of Inspire is to work with young people in high school settings who have been identified as being at risk of becoming disengaged. (Inspire Mentor – High Schools)

Woking in partnership with Leicester City Council, we are also recruiting an Inspire Mentor to work with Young Carers (Inspire Mentor – Young Carers). 

Using a range of innovative interventions, Inspire Mentors work within schools to develop and increase confidence, motivation, aspirations and attendance.

The aim of the first role (Inspire Mentor – High Schools) is to work alongside identified young people who require additional support within mainstream education, particularly those who have become disengaged for a variety of reasons.

You will have a genuine interest in working with young people who may:

- Be underachieving or have low aspirations, low confidence and self-esteem and poor wellbeing.
- Display challenging behaviours.
- Have poor engagement/attendance at school.
- Find accessing mainstream education challenging.

The aim of the second role (Inspire Mentor – Young Carers) is to work alongside identified children and young people who require additional support within mainstream education due to their caring responsibilities. 

You will have a genuine interest in working with young carers who may:

- Have a responsibility for looking after a relative with a disability, an illness, mental health condition or addiction.
- Look after siblings, do extra jobs around the house.
- Give additional physical and/or emotional support to family members.

Who we’re looking for 

If you are passionate about supporting young people to reach their potential, are creative in your approach and are an excellent communicator we want to hear from you.

Skills required for success:

- Ability to empower and engage young people to overcome potential barriers to education with the ability to gain their trust while building and establishing relationships over time.
- Experience of creating strong and appropriate relationships, with internal and external partners.
- Ability to encourage, motivate and enthuse young people to participate, promoting positive attitudes towards education.
- Ability to work on own initiative, providing alternative learning opportunities for young people.

Essential requirements:

- Significant experience of working with young people from different backgrounds and educational settings.
- Experience working within an educational setting preferably with an understanding of KS3 and KS4 National Curriculum requirements.
- Must satisfy relevant pre-employment checks including enhanced DBS check.
- Ability to travel regularly across multiple sites.

Location – Leicester City in the Community is based at King Power Stadium, Leicester. The delivery of sessions with take place at partner schools and some aspects of the role will require homeworking, therefore you will need the ability to travel across multiple sites across Leicester and Charnwood.

About the role
We are looking for a dynamic individual to support our global Agriculture programme to drive Practical Action’s strategy in the use of participatory market systems development (PMSD) across the organisation and support our teams across the world to make it a reality. You will be responsible for building capacity among regional and country office staff to lead the development of market systems that are inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

You will provide leadership and technical advice to strengthen our use of market systems development across the organisation by developing and updating relevant tools and guidance, and facilitating learning and training for teams across our regional and country offices (RCOs). In addition you will coordinate a ‘Markets Community of Practice’, an internal platform designed to build capability across the organisation, facilitate networking and embed learning.

This role would be the ideal opportunity for an experienced professional with commensurate experience, e.g. assignment overseas, or a post with a private-sector organisation that is relevant to this post.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

Flexible working/hours – full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.

It is our practice normally that we operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (between 2-3 days per week depending on the role).

26 days holiday in addition to public holidays.

A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment – (rules apply) employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.

Life assurance (3 x annual salary).

Bike to Work scheme.

About Us 

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

Practical Action believe that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued. We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 6th February 2022

Interview Process: 

First round of interviews to be conducted in the week commencing 14th February 2022.

If needed, second round of interviews to be conducted in the week of 21st February 2022

Assessment task TBC.

Grade D (SCP 13 - 17) £22,627 to £24,491 per annum plus Essential Car User allowance (currently under review)

Fixed-term (12 months, with the possibility of an extension)

Full-time (37 hours per week) based at Charnwood Borough Council

An opportunity has arisen to be part of the Resettlement Service welcoming and supporting families resettled across the County and Rutland on the Afghan Locally Employed Staff (LES) Relocation Scheme.

We are looking for 2 Resettlement Workers who will be responsible for providing effective integration and orientation support for families resettled in the UK. The families resettled on the schemes may have complex needs and you will provide the practical and emotional support to help them to adapt to life in the UK.

So, if you have:

• Experience in delivering a high-quality service supporting positive outcomes for relocated families who speak English as a second language,

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to use appropriate discretion to address complex situations,

• Ability to manage a demanding case load and to plan and prioritise effectively in order to achieve targets and meet deadlines,

• Ability to work in partnership with external agencies to achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable families,

• Good written communication skills including the ability to produce clear and concise support plans and reports,

• Good knowledge of the statutory framework in relation to safeguarding and an ability to apply this in practice and in day to day case work.

then this role might be for you.

If you have any questions, please contact Emma Moonlight for an informal chat about the role.

Please note that this job requires the post holder to work across the County and Rutland and attend meetings at various different locations.

Secondments and job shares will be considered.  Please ensure you have your Line Manager’s approval to apply.

The successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: 17 January 2022

No agencies or CVs please.

Job Title: Fundraising Officer (Trusts and Grants)

Hours: 37.5 hours, permanent

Salary: £27,000

Location: Home-based / MIDLANDS / able to travel occasionally to Leicester, Nottingham or Birmingham

We are working in partnership with FareShare Midlands, the region’s largest food redistribution charity, fighting food poverty and hunger by tackling waste. They source good quality food that is surplus to requirements from retailers and manufacturers and rely on an army of volunteers to help redistribute food to 550 frontline charities, such as school breakfast clubs, community centres and organisations supporting those who are homeless, unemployed, socially isolated and recovering from addiction. These organisations provide meals and food parcels to more than 35,000 vulnerable people every week.

They are now seeking a Fundraising Officer to lead on the creation, submission and management of a portfolio of trust and grant applications in order to achieve financial targets in line with their growth plans. This is an exciting time to join FareShare Midlands as they develop and expand their operations across the East and West Midlands.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of securing gifts from trusts, grants and/or foundations, from researching and writing compelling funding applications, to impact reporting
• Experience in prospecting for new business, stewarding funders face to face and managing donor relationships
• Experience of delivering against an income targets
• Ability to keep good administrative records
• Confidence in presenting to a range of audiences

We are seeking a creative individual with excellent communication, persuasion and writing skills. Building good relationships, with the ability to meet objectives and deadlines, and experience of working well in a team is essential.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 2 February 2022, however applications are being reviewed and interviews are being conducted on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment

Community and Events Fundraiser

We’re looking for a dynamic and creative Community and Events Fundraiser to build, maintain and manage fundraising relationships throughout Leicestershire.

Position: Community and Events Fundraiser

Location: Leicester – hybrid and homeworking arrangements with travel to Leicestershire

Hours: Part time 21 hours per week, all flexibility considered.

Salary: Full time salary circa £26,000 per annum

Benefits: Excellent health benefits, a defined contribution pension scheme and access to an employee assistance programme.

About the role:

As Community and Events Fundraiser you will be responsible for:

• Manage local fundraising groups and supporters to deliver fundraising events
• Grow donors’ scheme, raffles and lottery
• Manage a portfolio of in-house and third-party challenge events
• Manage a fundraising income and expenditure budget and meet fundraising targets
• Attend fundraising events and meet supporters as required
• Own all relationships with community and corporate supporters and be responsible for managing and developing these relationships

About you:

The Community and Events Fundraiser will have a proven record of:

• Meeting and exceeding fundraising or sales targets.
• Experience of community, corporate, major donor or events fundraising
• Acquiring and developing new supporters/customers
• Excellent skills in communications, influencing and negotiation

You may also have experience as a Fundraising Manager, Regional Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Corporate Fundraiser, Events Fundraiser, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Major Donor Fundraiser, Income Generation, Senior Community Fundraiser, Area Fundraiser, Challenge Events, Individual Giving, etc.

Since our establishment in 2004, SEA has grown into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which provides advocacy to vulnerable people using housing, health and social care services in Nottingham (shire), as well as further afield in the wider East Midlands region. Our work is highly regarded and provides dedicated person-centred support to a diverse range of advocacy partners, who are either vulnerably housed, experiencing homelessness or suffering from social exclusion.

In early October 2021, our Chair stepped down from his role after two successful terms of leadership, which resulted in growth in key areas across the organisation. SEA is committed to continuing this upward trajectory and we are specifically looking to diversify both our reach and service provision, together with developing our income base within the broader health and social care sector.

The Board of Trustees are now seeking to build on this progress by recruiting a dynamic, visionary and forward-thinking Chair who will provide the necessary guidance and strategic direction to ensure that our organisation remains effective and inclusive and continues to thrive.

We are open to UK based applications, providing the applicant can attend Nottingham based quarterly board meetings in person.