LGBT Foundation has grown significantly over recent years and we have some exciting and new positions in our income generation team to enable us to sustain and grow our income to deliver on the Income Generation Framework.

As a new role for the charity, in a small but dynamic team, there is significant scope to grow and shape the individual giving programme. The post-holder will report to and work closely with Income Generation Manager – Self-Generated Income and the Fundraising Team.

The post-holder will:

- Develop and deliver the Individual Giving Strategy

- Explore and test new income streams

- Develop appeals, from concept to delivery, including direct mail, online and through social media

- Develop and manage supporter journeys, including effective donor stewardship of LGBT Foundation supporters to increase supporter engagement

- Oversee CRM and administrative systems for individual giving, as well as support the development of other income streams as appropriate.

We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

* Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

Salary: £24,061 (+10% Pension)

Special Terms: Full time, permanent

Reporting to: Income Generation Manager – Self-Generated Income

Closing Date: 9am on Tuesday 2nd November 2021

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the communication offers of an organisation of vital importance to Manchester’s diverse community of disabled people, ensuring their needs and experiences are heard and responded to. You will have responsibility for developing, delivering and monitoring Breakthrough UK’s digital marketing and communications activities.  

About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

A job with us can be challenging but it also extremely rewarding and filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

Are you a Support Worker looking for your next career step?

We are looking for Support Workers at Bridge College in Openshaw. Support Workers play a vital role in ensuring the students are supported in their learning programs, including extended curriculum, external placements and visits.

This is a great opportunity for Teaching Assistants looking to broaden their experience within SEN or Support Workers/Care Assistants who are unable to meet the 24/7 flexibility required within the care sector.

Bridge College is the Together Trust’s specialist education college for students aged 16 to 25 years with disabilities, complex needs and autism. Promoting a multidisciplinary approach to learning the college has expertise in supporting students with a wide range of needs.

Under direction of a session leader you will provide support and guidance to small groups of students providing intervention support with their learning programmes, communication systems and learning environments. You will provide 1-1 support for SEND students.

Proactive in completing assessments of students’ progress and contributing to planning and review of processes you will communicate effectively with parents, carers and others ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Supporting teaching staff to plan lessons and evaluate learning, you will write reports and maintain records using college information and recording systems as required. Working alongside therapists to embed strategies to support engagement in learning you will undertake further training and communication, technology, therapeutic services and personal care intervention to enhance student’s learning opportunities by removing barriers to learning, you will participate in supervision and appraisal processes as well as contribute to college self-assessment reviews throughout the year.

As part of your role will involve driving groups of students and staff when required using college and/or own vehicles candidates with a full clean driving licence are encouraged to apply.

About You

You must have experience of supporting young people with a variety of complex learning needs as well as some experience of working with young adults with SEND in a learning environment. Passionate about advocating for the rights of young people with SEN you will understand the complexities of a variety of disabilities and adapt your approach to support students.

Understanding safeguarding concepts you will have knowledge of the needs of students with learning difficulties and complex needs and how these can be addressed. A thorough understanding of what constitutes support for students with learning difficulties you will be familiar with alternative methods of communication e.g. Makaton, PECs.

Creativity for stimulating and engaging pupils in their learning programmes you will have a real passion for education and improving the attainment of students, you will be willing to support with all aspects of personal care and meet individual medical needs.

A reflective practitioner you will be self-driven to develop personal skills through CPD opportunities as well as have resilience and work dynamically in pressured situations.

Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy is essential for this role and you must have good general education and good written English. Those who have Level 2 or Level 3 in Care and Learning Support are highly desirable however this is not essential.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Beacon Counselling is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults. 

All successful candidates are required to have a current Enhanced DBS check with Beacon Counselling before any offer is confirmed 

Salary £25,000 pro rata

Hours 20 hours per week 

Annual Leave 23 days plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata (rising to 28 days over 5 years) 

Contract 1-year with potential for permanent 

Responsible to Children’s Services Manager 

Main Objectives of the Role 

1. Improve children and young people’s access to well-being support and activities 

1. Increase young people’s levels of mental health and well-being

1. Contribute to Beacon’s partnership work within Stockport’s Early Help system 

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of youth services in Stockport .  Working closely with the Children's Services Manager and partner organisations, you will deliver a core part of the Early Help & Well-being Service in Stockport for children, young people and their families.

We are looking for an individual who has experience working with children and young people and a passion for improving their mental health, well-being and resilience. You will be comfortable communicating and presenting to a variety of audiences, and have experience facilitating group work with children and young people.

We are looking for someone who is flexible and motivated to succeed through working autonomously and with others, has high standards of work, and is passionate about seeing the best outcomes for children, young people and their families.

We are working to bring greater diversity in all areas of our workforce and are taking action to encourage applications from people of colour and other racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities, and are a Disability Confident employer. If you are unsure about applying or have any questions then please contact us directly and we will be happy to have a conversation with you. 

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within the voluntary sector and who likes working in a busy and thriving environment. 

To apply, please read all the attached information and return the application form. 

Application deadline:   Monday 1st November 10:00

Interview day: Friday 5th November

The Finance function within LGBT Foundation is critical to the ongoing success and day to day operation of all our services and projects. The Deputy Director of Finance will ensure our finance function run smoothly and effectively, whilst also providing long term financial planning and strategic leadership on all matters relating to finance. This role will entail working with staff and stakeholders to ensure our finances are effectively managed, and will:

• Lead and develop financial processes across the organisation to ensure the smooth running of all of our finance functions.
• Ensure effective flow of information across all parts of the organisation, particularly to our SMT, Finance and Administration Sub-Committee, Board, and Auditors - including producing managemen accounts, cash flow financial forecasting, and leading on our Annual Audit.
• Ensure we comply with internal and external finance and income regulations such as those set by Charity Commission, Fundraising Regulator, HMRC, and our own finance regulations.
• Lead on both short and long term financial planning, including managing budget setting and reforecasting for the organisation, working with colleagues to ensure we generate surplus each year by identifying trends or risks which might impact budget decisions.
• Act as link between income and finance teams to ensure projects Full Cost Recovery are accurately calculated, funding gaps are identified, and project initiation and management are supported, including translating funding budgets into internal systems, and supporting with monitoring return

You will be an experienced finance professional, have a flexible and motivated attitude to work, have attention to detail and analytical skills, and work with a high level of integrity. CCAB qualification is preffered, but AAT with relevant experience would be considered. We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

*Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

Salary: £41,069 (+10% Pension)
Special Terms: Full time, permanent
Reporting to: Deputy Chief Executive
Accountable for: Finance Coordinator
Closing Date: 9am 8th November 2021

About us: 

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

We are a diverse organisation with c31% of our staff identify as BAME, 12% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and c25% aged 55-64 and c11% identify as having a disability. 

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

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change 

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

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

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

About You: PTMWA are looking for enthusiastic women who have transferable skills. As this is a trainee role we don’t expect you to have experience or knowledge of DVA services, instead, your emotional resilience and the ability to listen to others will be essential along with an interest and willingness to learn.

About the role: This role will learn and develop knowledge in DVAs over a 12-month period. You will build on existing skills and experiences to successfully work with clients with complex needs referred into PTMWA services. The trainees will learn skills that directly and positively impact on the lives of survivors of domestic violence and abuse and women and girls in particular across Greater Manchester. The post holder will advocate on behalf of our clients and work with other staff to provide a flexible and responsive extended hours service.

If you are interested in this vacancy and would like to find out more, we will be holding an online open event on the 2nd November (4pm - 5pm). To find out more and register your interest please see RISE recruitment pack on our website. 

RISE Work and Skills Trainee- more than one role available.

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

Hours of work: 35 per week (rota shift working) including some evenings to 8pm and some weekends.

Salary: Real living wage, currently £9.50 per hour.

Duration: 12-month fixed term contract. On successful completion of 12 month training programme a permanent role may be offered dependent upon qualifying assessment (funding dependent).

Location: Mobile across all areas of Manchester City.

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

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

Application forms should be returned by 9:00am 8th November 2021 to either our info email or by post to:

D. Mgijima

The Pankhurst Centre

60-62 Nelson Street Manchester

M13 9WP

Interviews will be held on 24th/25th/26th November. If you have not heard from us by Monday 22nd November, your application has been unsuccessful. 

Fixed term contract for 6 months

Part time – 25 hours pw

Ashton-under-lyme

This role is being created through the Government Kickstart scheme. To qualify for the role, you must be aged between 18-24 years old on 1st July and currently unemployed and on Universal Credit - unfortunately we are not able to open this role to 16 and 17 years olds at this time. You will be given a reference number from your DWP work coach to include in your application.

Background:

At Save the Children. Together, we fight for children every single day so that they can make their mark on the world and build a better future. This role will be based in our Smallshaw-Hurst Team which is responsible for working with partners to create fairer childhoods by tackling poverty and ensuring all children have the start in life.

Job Purpose:

We are looking for an individual who is interested in gaining experience in working in the charitable sector to join us for 6 months as a Community Development Assistant to support our work.

Smallshaw-Hurst Children's Community works with people and organisations in the communities of Ashton Under-Lyne to collectively deliver better outcomes for children and young people. Our vision is to close the gap between outcomes for children growing up in poverty and their more affluent peers.

To help us understand our communities ‘Story of Place', we would like to engage a Kickstart role as part of this pioneering piece of work that supports and underpins the work of the Children's Community.

The role is a really exciting opportunity, working alongside our current community development practitioner to develop skills and competence around community engagement and development work, whilst gaining experience and knowledge in a highly concentrated way to truly understand the lived experience of families, children and young people.

Key Accountabilities:

• Shape the work of the Smallshaw-Hurst Children's Community
• Develop a local plan led by the community, for the community to support better outcomes for children and young people
• Support and further build the inherent assets of the community – its people
• Connect community members in a meaningful way to governance structures that support the system of children and young people's services and provisions in a locality.

Positive attitude, flexibility, and an interest in learning will be key elements in making the role work, and you'll also need a willingness to work positively with others from across the organisation.

We're looking for someone who is committed to the vision, mission, values and approach of Save the Children, and who is happy to follow our policies around safeguarding, managing risk and our code of conduct.

In return we'll provide you with training in all aspects of the role, as well as weekly programme of sessions which we'd design for you to help build your wider skills and experience.

Essential Technical Competencies:

• Great customer service and administration skills
• Good working knowledge of computer software systems (e.g. Microsoft Office)
• Good literacy skills

Behavioural Competencies:

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Interest in learning
• Organisation
• Professionalism and work ethic
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Willingness to work positively with others

In your application we'd encourage you to show us how you can work effectively with people from a range of backgrounds, your interest in the issues that Save the Children works on, and if you have any previous volunteer experience of charity fundraising, campaigning, and volunteering.

If you have a disability, wellbeing or mental health issue, we can help you by making reasonable adjustments to remove or reduce barriers you might be facing in submitting your application.

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

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

Do you want to make a real impact on reducing violence affecting young people? StreetDoctors is looking for the right candidate to manage our Stepwise programme, which empowers young people to develop new skills and unlock opportunities. 

We are looking for a Stepwise Officer with experience of project management and youth work, programme delivery or teaching. This is a full time role for 6 months, delivering sessions in London, Greater Manchester and Sheffield. The rest of the post is flexible and can be based from home, remotely or at our London offices.

Purpose of role

To manage and deliver the StreetDoctors youth engagement programme, StepWise. Stepwise trains young people in emergency life-saving skills so they can become lifesavers in their communities, healthcare careers and volunteering, their legal rights in relation to violent situations and police responses, emotional and social skills, facilitation and training others. The main elements of the role are: 

• Running sessions with young people affected by violence in London, Sheffield and Greater Manchester
• Recruiting and supporting existing StreetDoctors volunteers to be part of StepWise
• Managing all elements of the StepWise programme including working with youth settings, specialist content providers and healthcare professionals
• Monitoring budgets, delivery progress and project planning. Writing reports and feeding into fundraising and future development of the programme.

Details

• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• 6 month contract, with some scope for extension depending on fundraising
• Flexible location outside of session delivery
• Salary £27,000 per year
• Application deadline: 1st November

How to apply

For more details, full job description and application instructions, please see our StepWise Officer Recruitment Pack

Deadline to apply is midnight on 1st November.

Interviews will be held on Zoom. We will be reviewing applications as they arrive, so if you think you may be the right candidate for this role, apply now.