Executive Assistant – City Bridge Trust

£36,060 - £40,750 inclusive of inner London weighting

Location: Guildhall, EC2V 7HH

Ref: TC812 

For 25 years, we have worked collaboratively and proactively to ensure we do everything we can to support communities in London not just to survive but thrive. We are proud of our commitment and track record in tackling inequality and reaching the most marginalised people in London. We adapt and learn to ensure we make the most effective grants, and act responsively to ensure our work improves lives across the city for years to come. This requires a talented team within CBT, and we are proud to have great people working with us. Join our dynamic team, and you too can help create a London that works for everyone.

You will be working at the heart of the Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust (CBT) and we will look to you:

• To provide a high level efficient and effective Executive Assistant (EA) service to the leadership team to support the delivery of CBT’s Funding strategy.

• To facilitate good working relationships with Members, Chief Officers and Senior Managers within departments across the organisation, and with external stakeholders and other contacts of CBT and the City of London Corporation (‘the Corporation’), at a senior level.

• To coordinate and manage the planning and logistical arrangements for the delivery of events, including seminars, learning events and annual dinners in relation to charitable and philanthropic activities that achieve and support the strategic aims and key priorities of CBT and/or the Corporation.

• To undertake detailed research and analysis in support of work being undertaken by the Senior Leadership team to assist with the meeting of objectives and ensure there is appropriate preparation for meetings and working groups.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 25 September 2020.

To apply online please click on the apply link below

The City of London is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Engage Britain an exciting charity are searching for an exceptional Team PA to join us. The post-holder will join at a time of organisational growth and development and we are looking for someone to come in and be comfortable with juggling a wide range of tasks in a fast-paced environment.

We are a flexible employer and welcome applications from candidates who might want to work flexibly. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who are based across the UK.

About Engage Britain

Engage Britain will put people at the heart of policy development, ensuring that those who are affected by policies can contribute their knowledge and experiences to their creation. Great ideas come from combining our different views, knowledge and experiences, so we’ll bring people together to talk and listen. Where voices have been excluded or unheard, we’ll make sure we’re all equally involved in finding answers. Where the problem is rooted in our differences of opinion, we’ll work together to build on the things we agree on. 

As ideas emerge, we will test these ideas, learn from and re-test them until everyone is confident they will make a positive difference. And then we’ll work together – with citizens, practitioners, communities and politicians - to make them happen and use them to improve people’s lives. 

Our differences are not something to be feared; our differences will enable us to create imaginative, practical and radical answers to the problems our country faces. 

Key tasks of the role:

• Provide administration support to the whole organisation where appropriate including meeting arrangements, travel and events
• Provide effective diary support to members of the senior management team and support the directors with tasks as they may arise
• Provide support to project teams including assisting with the coordination of activities and helping to keep project tracking systems up to date.
• Work closely with the wider team to ensure the CRM database is kept up to date
• Assist with scheduling social media posts and circulation of key media mentions to the wider organisation in an agreed format
• Support the Director of Finance & Operations and Office Manager on tasks including, but not limited, to room and venue bookings, office/equipment orders, recruitment logistics and planning of team days
• Take actions and minutes at team meetings where appropriate
• Provide reception support including answering and filtering calls and monitoring of general inboxes where required. 

Further information

For more information on this role and on how to apply please refer to the Team PA job pack available via the 'Apply on website' button.

Application process

Engage Britain are using the Beapplied platform for applications, and details are available in the job pack.

Closing date: Thursday 8 October 2020, 09:00 BST

Interviews 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview in mid-late October (this includes first and potential second interviews)

Flexible location – can be based in any of Shelter’s 12 hubs in England or home based

Are you an effective manager and leader with exemplary project and change management skills gained at a senior leadership level, including the ability to build business and benefit cases and identify, manage and mitigate risk? Then join Shelter as Assistant Director – National and Professional Services and you could soon be playing a vital role in ensuring our contracts and professional services run smoothly.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Shelter’s services provide the support that can be the difference between someone keeping or losing their home. Our Services directorate is the largest in Shelter, with some 700 staff plus volunteers, operating in 12 hubs, 21 courts, 19 prisons, and many other community locations. As an Assistant Director, you’ll also be part of a Services Leadership Team that reports to the Director of Services and forms part of our Revolution group - a team of some 20 staff responsible for the stewardship of our strategic goals. This role could also be home-based or work out of one of our hubs.

About the Role
As Assistant Director – National and Professional Services you’ll oversee a range of significant national contracts/professional services across the organisation. This will include Transforming Rehabilitation, the National Homeless Advisory Service and Specialist Debt Advice, and your challenge will be to ensure they remain of high quality, aligned to our strategy, financially viable and achieve full cost recovery. Along the way, you’ll also collaborate with our Services Quality and Development Team to create a flexible portfolio of national contracts/professional services that are aligned with Shelter strategy and some exciting major change programmes. Developing and sharing professional and organisational expertise in contract management across Services Directorate will be important too, as will ensuring that national and professional services are aligned with the Shelter brand and culture. Acting as national/professional services lead in supporting campaigns and policy, providing leadership and direction to heads of national/professional services, establishing risk management processes and acting as risk management lead across Services – all are aspects of this high profile role.

About you
Collaborative, flexible, diplomatic and assertive, with good influencing and negotiation skills, you have a proven ability to manage, motivate and develop others and improve and sustain change outcomes. You also have substantial project management experience that’s been gained working in cross department and multi layered teams. A track record of working in a matrix management environment where you had responsibility for cross organisational objectives is essential too. And, when it comes to promoting compliance and ensuring it’s fully considered at all stages of planning and delivery, again, you’re just the person for the job.

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Services Leadership team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them. In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes.

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

To apply please email your CV and a supporting statement that addresses the key criteria on the job description via the apply button. 

Fairtrade Foundation are recruiting for a PA to support our external-facing Directors in a busy, multi-faceted support role.

You’ll need to be an excellent communicator with great interpersonal skills, have the ability to work under pressure calmly and be able to build strong relationships with discretion. You will have an eye for detail and be able to manage multiple projects as well as day to day tasks.

You’ll be responsible for managing the diaries, inboxes and travel for the Directors, as well as providing ad hoc support to their teams.

Fairtrade is a movement for change that works directly with businesses, consumers and campaigners to make trade deliver for farmers and workers.

Fairtrade is a global movement with a strong and active presence in the UK, represented by the Fairtrade Foundation.

The international Fairtrade system (of which the Fairtrade Foundation is a member) works on behalf of farmers and workers to drive sustainable livelihoods, empower producers and workers, and make trade fair.

The Fairtrade Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

Closing date: 25 September 2020, 10am

Interviews will take place: wc 5 October 2020

Lambeth Palace is a unique building of significant historical and global provenance. It is, first and foremost, the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and his family, as well as home to a wider, diverse and thriving, residential community. It is also an office and the epicentre of the Archbishop of Canterbury's ministry to the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion. It is a Grade I listed building comprising various listed buildings dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries, set within 10 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens. Fundamentally, the Palace seeks to be a place of contribution to the life of a 21st century church.

Lambeth Palace is an exciting and vibrant 'community of communities'. Working here provides an excellent opportunity to contribute to the ministry of an internationally significant religious leader in a friendly, busy, fast-paced and dynamic office. The team at Lambeth Palace works collaboratively with colleagues throughout the National Church Institutions (NCIs) and beyond and supports each other at busy periods with flexibility and good humour.

Summary

This is a unique opportunity to provide the full range of administrative and PA support to the Assistant Chief of Staff, proactively enabling him to manage his many priorities and commitments. This post gives an excellent opportunity of working in a small, friendly, busy office, in unusual and very pleasant surroundings.

The Assistant Chief of Staff is a key role within the Lambeth Palace team and carries responsibility for supporting the work of the Chief of Staff and Strategy in the delivery of the strategic objectives of the ministry to which God has called the Archbishop of Canterbury. It also involves the coordination and delivery of the work of the Archbishop's senior leadership team and overseeing the operational functions of the Palace. The role is also responsible for making sure Lambeth Palace works in partnership with teams of the National Church Institutions to deliver effective and efficient systems and processes.

You will relish using your many skills and experience to make sure that the office runs smoothly and efficiently by coordinating diaries, room bookings and correspondence, ensuring that essential documents are to hand and that the Assistant Chief of Staff is kept informed, fully briefed and has everything that he needs for meetings and events that he is attending/hosting.

An excellent communicator with the confidence and diplomacy to engage at all levels, you will be a self-starter, able to use initiative and good judgement. While thriving on the challenge of competing priorities, you will use your effective planning skills and resourceful approach to ensure that commitments are managed professionally and that when necessary, creative solutions are found.

Your usual place of work with be Lambeth Palace, London, although currently employees are working remotely due to Covid-19 restrictions.

This is a full time role however we are happy to consider flexibility around working hours/arrangements and consider 4 days per week.

Interviews will be held remotely using Zoom on the 7th and 8th October 2020.

In return we offer a unique environment with opportunities for continuous learning, generous annual leave for work life balance, season ticket loans and a range of benefits including discounted entry to attractions and what we feel is a market leading package when it comes to our scheme.

We are seeking a person with excellent organisational skills to help to coordinate our volunteers for the new winter night shelter, assist with food logistics and various other administrative and practical duties. He/she will have a vital role in assisting the Shelter Manager to set up systems and processes for the new shelter.

The post-holder will be based at Stoke Newington for four afternoons each week and one afternoon per week at Clapton offices.

This job is initially offered as a six-month contract, with possibility of extension.

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis as we receive applications, initially by Zoom. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we will close to applications once a suitable candidate has been appointed.

37.5 Monday- Friday 
Camberwell
Permanent

Closing date: 29/09/2020 Midnight
Interviews:  TBC

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to deliver high standard and effective services to vulnerable people.

An opportunity has come up for the right person to support this crucial work by joining our central services team as a capable and enthusiastic Operational Support Assistant.

The successful candidate will work closely with our six Area Managers providing them with administrative support. You’ll cover a varied range of duties, from taking on responsibility for administering key service contracts to supporting recruitment into the organisation.

To succeed as Operational Support Assistant you will:

• Have excellent prioritising skills and be able to independently manage your workload
• Be organised and efficient
• Be a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications
• Be flexible, willing to learn and have a ‘can do’ attitude
• Show initiative and attention to detail
• Be able to develop and maintain good and effective working relationships
• Be an excellent communicator
• Have an interest in homelessness and a desire to support us to have a positive impact on the lives of homeless people.

You will usually work from one of Thames Reach’s office bases across London.

 As well as a great working environment we offer:

– 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee contributory pension

– Development opportunities

– 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

– Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test

– Season ticket/cycle loan

– Flexible Working

– EAP services

Thames Reach is committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to deliver high quality, effective services to vulnerable people.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For further information and to apply please visit our website.

We're looking for a great communicator who is highly organised to provide administrative support to the clinical team and liaison with the young people and the network of support around them in order to facilitate their attendance at Baobab.

The role includes facilitating the work of Baobab’s staff and volunteer team by organising clinical and casework sessions and multi-disciplinary meetings with support networks, liaising with referrers, lawyers, foster carers, social workers and key workers and occasionally with the Home Office and Social Services managers. The role also includes administrative management of clinical files, supporting staff to access and manage their notes and filing using the online database, and coordinating the referral and assessment process.

The Baobab Centre works with young asylum seekers and refugees the significant majority of whom arrived in the UK as unaccompanied minors. All have experienced either or both organized and inter-personal violence and most have experienced a very difficult journey into exile in the UK . All experience significant difficulties in the UK in accessing care and destitution, housing education, adequate health care and asylum. All, as a consequence suffer specific and particular vulnerabilities including the cluster of symptoms referred to as complex post- traumatic stress disorder, as a consequence of the interaction of their overwhelming experiences, in their home countries, on their journeys into exile and in exile in the UK. Most also have significant strengths and resiliencies and the capacity to develop new resiliencies. Our aim as an organisation is to address and work through their vulnerabilities and to enable them to access old resiliencies that have been suppressed by their traumatic experiences and to enable them to develop new resiliencies and strengths through participating as fully as they are able in the life of the Baobab Non-Residential Therapeutic Community.

The post-holder will become part of our multi-professional team and the expectation is that s/he will participate fully in the life of the Baobab community.

Our client is a leading London University and they are currently looking to recruit a temporary Admissions Data Assistant to support the assessment work of the Graduate Admissions Officers

- Higher Education administration experience

- Available Immediately

- Experience in Admissions is desirable

You will be entering data regarding module grades and credit hours into a formatted Excel spreadsheet while checking carefully the accuracy of the data entered. Entering the calculated grade into the admissions system. Uploading a copy of each completed spreadsheet with grade calculation to the database.

Any other duties commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post.

To be considered for this role you will have excellent administrative skills and experience in Higher Education. Organised, with excellent attention to detail. You will have experience in using Higher Education databases and experience of working in a high volume data processing, customer service environment.

This position is being offered on a temporary basis and you must be available immediately in order to be considered for this post.

REDRESS is recruiting an Administrative Assistant to be based in London for an initial 12-month contract (with the possibility of an extension) to primarily support our finance and fundraising operations, as well as providing support to our legal casework and events.

Who we are

REDRESS is an international human rights organisation based in London and The Hague that represents victims of torture to obtain justice and reparation. We bring legal cases on behalf of individual victims of torture, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Our cases respond to torture as an individual crime in national and international law, and as a human rights violation with state responsibility. We apply our expertise in torture, reparation, and the rights of victims to national and international courts. Through our victim-centred strategic litigation we are able to have an impact beyond the individual case to address the root causes of torture and to challenge impunity. We conduct research and advocacy to identify the changes in law, policy and practice that are necessary. We work collaboratively with international and national organisations and grassroots victims’ groups.

The Role

Based in London the Administrative Assistant will primarily support the finance team and the fundraising team. The role will also assist on casework, and with our events. This is an ideal opportunity for a recently qualified professional seeking to develop a career in the operational side of human rights work, in a small and dynamic international charity.

REDRESS has a flexible approach to staffing, and we are prepared to consider this post full-time or part-time.

Responsibilities

The position is expected to contribute to the work of REDRESS as follows

Finance Operations. Support the Head of Finance with regular financial functions, including the following:

· Day-to-day book-keeping using QuickBooks Pro, including transaction processing and reconciliation of accounts.

· Process expenses claims and expenditure requests.

· Respond to payment requests using cheques, BACS, and international transfers as appropriate.

· Provide regular insight into unrestricted and restricted balances.

· Maintain cashflow management controls.

· Assist in the preparation of interim and final financial reports to funders.

· Support and monitor international partner organizations by reviewing their reporting and transaction checking.

· Assist the Head of Finance in preparing the statutory accounts.

Fundraising Operations. Support the fundraising team through activities including the following:

· Research into potential donors.

· Prepare documents for fundraising applications and reports.

· Monitor the fundraising pipeline and deadlines.

· Organise sponsorship for sporting events.

· Respond to enquiries from regular supporters.

· Support social media in support of fundraising.

· Participate in fundraising meetings.

Litigation. Provide clerical support to our casework, through maintaining effective casefiles.

Events. Support the planning and delivery of online and in-person events.

The Administrative Assistant is also expected to carry out such further duties as may reasonably be requested from time to time by REDRESS.

Essential Competencies

This is an entry level position, and so we will consider candidates directly from university.  The ideal candidate will have the following experience.

· Relevant experience working in an office environment.

· A university degree relevant to the role.

· Demonstrated computer skills.

· Fluency in written and oral English.

Desirable Competencies

The following competencies are desirable:

· At least two years relevant work experience.

· University qualification in accounting or finance.

· Demonstrated proficiency in Excel and QuickBooks programmes.

· Fluency in a language other than English, in particular French, Arabic or Spanish.

Personal Attributes

To work for Redress, the candidate should have the following personal attributes:

· A positive and collaborative attitude.

· Good interpersonal skills when engaging with staff, partners, donors, and supporters.

· Comfortable working with victims of human rights abuses.

· Highly efficient and organised, with an ability to multi-task and to work independently.

· Able to pay close attention to detail and work with accuracy.

· Able to understand and support the aims, objectives and values of REDRESS and reflect them in all aspects of work.

· Able to think and work strategically, creatively, and under pressure.

Terms

Reporting. The position reports to the Head of Finance. 

Hours. Full time (35 hours a week). Evening and weekend work may be required from time to time. Redress has a flexible working policy that allows for some working from home.

Duration. This is a 12-month position, partially supported by project funding. If further funding is forthcoming the position may be extended.

Location. The Redress office in London. For 2020 staff are mainly working remotely.

Salary. Redress uses salary scales with four levels (Assistant, Officer, Advisor, Head of) and seven steps within each level. There is a cost of living increase annually and an expectation of a step increase for strong performance, where funds permit. This is an entry level ‘assistant’ position, within an initial annual salary range (A1-A3) of between £26,087 and £30,000.

Probation. There is a three-month probationary period, which can be extended to six months.

Holiday.  There are 25 days of holiday per year, in addition to UK public holidays. The office is also closed between Christmas and New Year.

Status. The candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Timeline

This is a rolling recruitment, which will close when the position is filled.  

How to Apply:

Please send a cover letter explaining your interest in REDRESS and your qualifications for the role, a curriculum vitae, a two-page writing sample (such as a sample of academic written work, authored by the applicant), and the names and contact details of two references (these will only be approached in the final short-listing process).

Do you believe everyone should have a place to call home and the chance to lead a fulfilling life? Do you have the commitment and resilience needed, to work with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, please read on

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, local authorities in London have provided temporary housing through hotel accommodation to significant numbers of rough sleepers.  Suitable longer term Private Rented Sector accommodation has now been sourced for these individuals and some of those local authorities have commissioned SHP to provide specialist input and support to the most complex cases from this cohort. 

The Navigator roles are newly funded positions in their respective boroughs and as a Navigator, you will be responsible for a designated case-load of people; providing specialist housing support to the most complex cases, with holistic wraparound support being at the heart of the multi-agency approach.  Ultimately, the support will be working towards enabling tenancy sustainmentwithin in-borough and out of borough independent accommodation and integration into their local communities.

To succeed, you will have:

• A high level of experience and understanding of the provision of services to people with complex needs who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping
• A commitment to improving services and life chances for people with complex needs
• An understanding of the importance of professional integrity in relationships with service users, peers and other relevant professionals
• Experience of effective liaison with social, health, housing and criminal justice agencies
• An ability to find ways to engage and work with clients who may have a low level of interaction with and suspicion of services and make relationships with people who find it difficult to engage
• An ability to engage with a wide range of professionals, some of whom may have different approaches to problem solving and advocate to agencies on behalf of the Project and its clients

Closing date : 11th October 2020  at Midnight)

Interviews to be held on: 19th & 20th October 2020

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects was commended for their work.

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are genuinely passionate about delivering positive outcomes for children and their families.  We have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with Local Authorities and Regional Adoption Agencies across the country.

With our outstanding rating with Ofsted, we work with a high degree of flexibility and innovation and with a range of adopters from all backgrounds, including those from black and minority ethnic heritage and the LGBT and faith communities.  With access to our award-winning therapeutic services, we are unique in that we are able to provide excellent lifelong support for our families.

We are looking for an Assistant Service Director to join us as we enter our next phase of growth and development.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about creating positive outcomes for children and families, with the experience and expertise of working within Adoption Services.  You will have overall operational responsibility for managing several adoption teams who focus solely on recruiting and supporting adoptive parents.

Our adoption teams are confident, capable and highly professional in their work. Many of them have worked with the agency for many years and have developed excellent relationships with families and partner agencies. 

The post holder will be part of a supportive and focused senior management team which drives the direction of adoption in a responsive and flexible way to meet the values of the agency – to build and strengthen families.

Interested? If you would like to join an inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference to children and families, please apply by completing an application form (available on our website).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date: noon, Monday 28th September 2020

Interview date:  Friday 9th October 2020

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable). Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please

Are you collaborative, flexible, diplomatic and assertive, with effective management and leadership skills, a current practising certificate and proven PQE as a Solicitor? Then join Shelter as Assistant Director – Legal Services and you could soon be playing a vital leadership role at the heart of our Legal Services team..

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Shelter’s services provide the support that can be the difference between someone keeping or losing their home. Our Services directorate is the largest in Shelter, with some 700 staff plus volunteers, operating in 12 hubs, 21 courts, 19 prisons, and many other community locations. Our Legal Services teams not only help individuals to keep their homes, they also use the law to achieve social change through strategic litigation. As an Assistant Director, you’ll also be part of a Services Leadership Team that reports to the Director of Services and forms part of our Revolution group - a team of some 20 staff responsible for the stewardship of our strategic goals. This role could also be home-based or work out of  one of our hubs.

About the Role
This high profile role will see you provide leadership and direction on the part our legal services can play to enhance the objectives of our strategy, as well as Shelter’s fundamental aim - to defend the right to a safe home. Indeed, you’ll be a real agent for change in delivering Shelter’s strategic aims, with a particular focus on aligning the delivery of multi-channel and diversely-funded legal services with other Shelter services and ensuring alignment with those aims. Developing our strategic litigation team so it can influence changes in the law and its practice will be an important aspect of the role too, as will providing legal practice and compliance expertise to the Director of Services and Assistant Director cohort. And, when it comes to representing us in external forums related to the delivery of legal services, fulfilling compliance role requirements, managing risk or implementing organisation-wide initiatives, again, we’ll rely on you

About you
You’ll need experience of working in social welfare law, plus an extensive track record of conducting and supervising civil litigation in areas relevant to Shelter’s activities. Strong influencing and negotiation skills are essential too, as is the ability to motivate and develop others. We’re also looking for impressive project and change management skills gained at senior leadership level, including the ability to build business and benefit cases and work cooperatively to improve and sustain change outcomes. Used to working in a matrix management environment, identifying, managing and mitigating risk and ensuring compliance is promoted and fully considered at all stages of planning and delivery also comes naturally to you.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Services Leadership team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them. In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes.

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

Do you want to have a positive impact on young Autistic learners and excellent career progression?

Ambitious College at West Thames College is proud to be an Ofsted ‘Good' college, supporting learners aged 16-25, in particular those who may have received all manner of set-backs in and outside of education. Our learner numbers grow throughout the year and as such we are looking for SEN 'Learning and Behavioural Specialists', with a passion for working with young people to join us this academic year.

Your role as a 'Learning and Behaviour Specialist':

• Provide day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using Positive Behaviour Support.
• Supervise and support community-based learning and educational visits.
• Use your creativity daily to support lesson plans through preparing materials and resources.
• Support our learners to develop crucial life skills, meet their goals and aspirations through communication, independence and participation.

We are looking for empathetic and adaptable individuals, who thrive under pressure and have a natural ability to solve challenges. You will also need physical and emotional resilience to work with young people who sometimes present behaviours that challenge.

Why join us?

• Competitive annual salary paid over 52 weeks and excellent salary progression within the role.
• We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities support your personal and professionally development.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes including: running club, cooking classes and pets cafe online.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to free of charge physiotherapy.
• On-site parking.

Start date: ASAP.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.