As we enter a major expansion phase to develop more services that Deaf people want and need, we are looking to appoint our first ever Policy Officer to help us do this. This successful candidate will educate national and local governments, education and health bodies about Deaf people’s needs for accessible services and influence policy to meet those needs. This is a part time role 25 - 30 hours per week. This is a home based position but we are ideally looking for a candidate based in London, Essex or the South East who is prepared to travel across the UK.

You must have experience of working within a government body or major charity in a policy or similar role and also of planning, collating, evaluating and presenting research. You will need highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, be an accomplished presenter and have the ability to engage authoritatively and persuasively. You will be flexible, a creative thinker and quick to identify and respond to opportunities.

We offer flexible working and generous pension contributions.  Your work will make a positive difference to the lives of Deaf people across Britain.

Essential requirements:

• Proven ability to build, manage and develop key Stakeholder relationships
• Experience in performance monitoring and evaluation
• Experience of prioritising workload when working on and managing multiple tasks
• Highly motivated and able to work autonomously, take initiative and make decisions
• Energy, enthusiasm and flair to work hard and achieve ambitious targets
• Flexible and positive approach to change
• Ability to prepare briefings and other papers to a very high standard and present complex material in an engaging manner

This post is subject to two references. Both have to be satisfactory to RAD. Please send CV and covering letter.

Closing date for applications: Friday 11th October 2019

Interview date:  Wednesday 30th October 2019 (Interviews will be held in London and reasonable travel expenses can be reclaimed)

About the role

This is a key role within our new energetic and ambitious fundraising team. The role has a specific focus on successfully generating new income for Frontline AIDS from a range of important grant making trusts and foundations (worldwide), as well as crucially developing and stewarding relationships with a number of key donors in your own portfolio.

At Frontline AIDS we are working to end AIDS by breaking down the legal, political and social barriers that marginalise people and increase their risk of acquiring HIV or dying from AIDS-related illness. In this role you will be providing crucial expertise which will enable us to fulfil our mission to work with communities through local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.

About us

We’ve been on the frontline of the world’s response to HIV and AIDS for 25 years, working with marginalised people who are denied HIV prevention and treatment simply because of who they are and where they live.

Set up in 1993 to work with community groups in the countries most affected by the global AIDS epidemic, we’ve continually adapted our approach, looking for innovative ways to break down the barriers that marginalise people living with, or at risk of acquiring, HIV. All with one goal in mind – a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere.

Everything we do is rooted in our two key beliefs:
• That the lives of all human beings are of equal value.
• That everyone has the right to access the HIV information and services they need for a healthy life.

Today, we work with communities in more than 40 countries, taking local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.
As a global partnership that is open to everyone, we can only do what we do – and achieve what we want to achieve – by working with partners from grassroots community groups to national governments. Our partners drive change where it matters, shaking up the status quo and making a noise on issues the world often chooses to ignore.

Are you the Frontliner we’re looking for?

You are a committed team member with a clear focus on team objectives, as well as your own. You will promote best practice within your field of expertise and challenge ways of working to ensure the highest quality and levels of efficiency. Your actions will be aligned with Frontline AIDS vision and you will inspire the same behaviour in your peers. You are comfortable working in a matrix management environment.

The role will:

• Identify and research a range of grant making trusts and foundations, and scope existing funding opportunities.
• Coordinate the proposal development process with a range of key stakeholders to produce tailored proposals to successfully generate new income for Frontline AIDS.
• Develop and steward relationships with donors within your own portfolio, coordinating technical donor reporting and recording information within our relationship management systems (via Salesforce, Frontline AIDS CRM).
• Represent the organisation within the fundraising profession and at external networking events.
• Provide additional support to teams working on corporate partnerships & philanthropy giving, as needed.

How to apply

Find out more by downloading the full job description and person specification from our website.  If you are excited by this opportunity and think it’s right for you, we’d love to hear from you so apply on our jobs page and upload your CV along with a covering letter outlining why you are a great match for this role. 

Closing date: 1st October 2019

Interviews: Week commencing  7th October 2019

Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults

Frontline AIDS operates a rigorous recruitment and selection process that reflects our commitment to child protection.  The Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults Policy can be downloaded from our website.

Due to the application of UK immigration rules, we unfortunately cannot sponsor this position for anyone who do not have the right to work in the UK.

 

Fixed term contract for 1 year which will be reviewed.

Purpose of Job:

The post-holder will work directly with service users in housing need who are patients on inpatient mental health wards. The aim of the role is to ensure wherever possible that when patients are medically fit for discharge, that this is not delayed due to housing issues. In addition the role is to prevent readmissions due to housing needs.

Specific Duties:

• On admission to work alongside ward staff to identify service users early who are in housing need and will require support to access appropriate accommodation before discharge.  Wherever possible to ensure appropriate housing is available to service users when they are medically fit for discharge

• To support service users whose delay is as a result of lack of furnishings or issues preventing their discharge to access the support and items they require to enable them to be discharged

• To support service users in conjunction with their care coordinator to apply for appropriate benefits including housing allowance and council tax benefit

• To work alongside Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service, Spectrum and Supporting Herts to signpost and refer into the appropriate support agency for post discharge support.

• Alongside care coordinators, to work with service users for a maximum of 2 weeks post discharge to ensure that community services, both statutory and non-statutory, are being provided

• To encourage and empower clients to make best use of appropriate statutory and community resources.

• To work in line with the requirements of funders and provide statistical data for monitoring and report purposes as required.

• To complete administrative work within agreed time-scales.

• To maintain confidentiality in relation to the service user in line with legislation and the highest standards of professional integrity.

Additional Duties

• To perform as part of the hyh team attending and participating in regular team meetings

• To work to agreed training and development objectives, attending courses and conferences as relevant

• To participate in regular supervision and performance appraisal systems and other meetings as appropriate

• Maintain office filing systems, both paper based and electronic

• Travel as required, usually within Hertfordshire for the successful delivery of your duties

• Be responsible for recording and providing paperwork in accordance with agreed procedures and hyh policies

• To undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required and consistent with the normal level of responsibility of the post.

• To ensure hyh’s policies and procedures are adhered to at all times

Note: No job description can be entirely comprehensive. The post holder will be expected to undertake any other tasks that may be required from time to time.

This job description will be formally reviewed as necessary to take account of changing priorities. Aspects of the job may be subject to review in negotiation with the post holder at any time.

TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE:

Please note we do not accept CV's, if you wish to apply please visit our website and download the short application form. 

If you have any questions regarding the role or wish to discuss it with us please contact a member of the team as we will be happy to help.

Closing date:  9am Monday 30th September 2019

Assessments:  Tuesday 8th October 2019

Personal interviews:  Friday 11th October 2019

Deadline: Friday 20th September

The position:

Our dynamic and well-respected health charity client is recruiting a Policy Advisor.  This role will undertake policy analysis across a range of health topics and develop opportunities for influencing policymakers across government and other health related stakeholders.  You will commission research, write policy briefings, reports and consultation responses and you will contribute to long term strategic projects.  This is a fantastic opportunity to take initiative and to participate in work that will take our client in new directions.

Requirements:

• You will have experience working in a policy role, ideally within the voluntary sector.
• You will be comfortable reading scientific, medical and academic materials.
• Strong analysis and writing skills.
• Excellent communication skills and confident engaging with stakeholders in a variety of settings.

Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. In collaboration with more than 100 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.

We are looking to fill an exciting position that will be based in our Policy and Advocacy Team. Since 2017, TI has been partnering with investigative journalists at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) as part of the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC). Taking advantage of the opportunities generated by OCCRP’s in-depth investigations, TI is coordinating national, regional and global anti-corruption advocacy campaigns and pursuing legal action work across the world.

Examples stemming from this collaboration include TI’s campaigning and legal accountability work around the Azerbaijani Laundromat, Golden Visas in Europe, and the Gambia Heist investigations together with TI national chapters and other partners. This work directly contributes to the TI Strategy 2020, and also provides evidence and feeds into our global advocacy priorities for 2019-2020: (1) tackling of the cross-border flows of illicit money and (2) protecting political systems from undue influence.

Main function: The Policy Officer, Anti-Corruption & Anti-Money Laundering provides support to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) team, conducting research and drafting reports to address the knowledge needs of key stakeholders as well as contributing to a variety of organizational tasks in support of the project.

Starting date: As soon as possible
Duration: 2 years, with the possibility of extension
Location: TI-Secretariat (TI-S), Berlin/Germany, with international travel
Team: Policy & Advocacy

Responsibilities:

• Support the analysis of corruption and money laundering cases as well as relevant research projects to be used for advocacy

• Provide background research and analysis for the development of evidence-based policy papers and submissions to relevant public consultations

• Liaise with TI national chapters on relevant policy and advocacy opportunities as part of the GACC project

• Support the analysis of information from varied and diverse sources for messaging and communication purposes

• Draft messaging and communication products in coordination with the Communications Team

• Support the development of funding proposals

• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation and learning activities

Knowledge, experience and skills:

• Masters’ degree or equivalent, preferably in law, political science, economics or another relevant field

• At least two years of relevant work experience in the fields of anti-corruption or good governance; specific experience on research and policy work related to natural resources, state capture or anti-money laundering an advantage

• Experience in working with large datasets an advantage

• Some experience in coordinating research projects on time and to budget

• Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and maintain a professional approach

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team in a multi-cultural environment

• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills

• Fluency in English required; fluency in other languages, in particular French and/or Spanish, an asset

• IT proficiency, especially with social media applications

• Entrepreneurial, creative and opportunity-driven mind-set

• Commitment to the values and goals of Transparency International

Senior Policy Advisor (Agriculture / Combinable Crops)

Our client is the voice of British farming, and their members are at the heart of what they do. On their behalf they lobby government and other stakeholders, develop policy and provide a range of frontline services.

Position: Chief Adviser (Combinable Crops)
Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (commutable from Coventry, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby, Solihull, Nuneaton & surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: circa £53,000 per annum
Benefits: include 25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays), National Employment Savings Trust pension scheme, a performance related pay award scheme, a range of discounts through their Benefits employee portal and subsidised staff restaurant.

Closing date: 6th October 2019
Interview date: 24th & 25th October 2019

About the role:

The Chief Adviser for Combinable Crops is a nationally recognised position of expertise. The role is charged with helping our client deliver a vision for a profitable, responsible and globally competitive sector, respected for its contribution to the national economy, food supply and renewable energy.

To do this, she or he must ensure that our client maintains and enhances its position as the principal representative and most effective and valued provider of trade association services to farming producers throughout England and Wales. This principal position is a pivotal one in the Food and Farming Department, an often fast-moving policy environment requiring effective and respected liaison with food processing, manufacturing and retailing sectors, as well as in Government, NGOs and Internationally.

About you:

To succeed in this position, you will be strategically minded and results oriented, with the ability to manage and adapt to a varied and complex portfolio. You will have strong influencing skills and demonstrate robust leadership, team-working and management skills.

You will have a strong sense of drive and urgency to deliver for their members but you should also be able to adapt your approach to achieve strategic long term goals for farming and our client.

Why join their team?

Working for our client means working alongside great people, who are recognised for their knowledge and expertise.

You may have experience of the following: Policy Adviser, Policy Advisor, Policy Officer, Policy Executive, Chief Advisor, Chief Policy Officer, Senior Policy Officer, Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 89050

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to join the Internal Policy Advice Group as a Principal Policy Advisor, where you will be responsible for identifying, consolidating and finalising legal and policy interpretations to inform and support the regulatory and compliance work of the ICO. You will also provide expert insight on information rights issues for internal stakeholders, both within the Group and across the ICO more widely.

The Internal Policy Advice Group provides proactive and reactive advice on a range of information rights issues based on the strategic priorities and business needs of the ICO. Through close stakeholder working, internally and externally as required, you will have the opportunity to develop policy positions to support our regulatory work, and to participate in cross office projects and priority cases.

It is a forward looking function led by intelligence and the fast moving information rights landscape in which we operate.

About you

You will be a quick thinker with excellent analytical skills, and be able to recognise issues of wider implication within a fast-paced environment. You will be able to work autonomously and get to the nub of an issue quickly, and influence change where needed.

You will be able to make logical and decisive judgements and support their implementation and delivery.

You will develop excellent internal stakeholder relationships to ensure that others are made aware of high profile or strategically important advice.

You will have strong analytical ability and communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be used to taking ownership of complex issues and meeting tight deadlines, being able to prioritise your own work to do so. You will keep up to date with changing priorities and have demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with a variety of colleagues to meet agreed objectives.

Knowledge of information rights legislation or issues is likely to be beneficial, but we welcome applications from those with proven experience of working with similarly complex legislation.

Closing date: 23:59, Monday 30 September 2019

Please note if you are appointed to work with the ICO you will be required to complete security clearance processes. These include identity and qualification checks and a Basic Disclosure level check of unspent criminal convictions

Senior HR Advisor (Projects)

Contract: Fixed Term for 6 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Finsbury Park, London
Salary: £40,550 per annum (pro rata) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to become part of our small but busy HR Team for a period of six months, reporting through to the Head of HR. We are separately recruiting for a permanent Senior HR Advisor, with whom the successful candidate will work closely with. The purpose of this temporary role is to support a brand new HR Team to deliver against some key projects including pay structures, organisational change and HR ways of working to ensure adoption of best practise.

The HR team also includes a HR Advisor, HR Assistant and HR Volunteer and Intern who together ensure a consistent, accurate and professional service to Freedom from Torture.

The post holder will act as a Business Partner for senior managers throughout the whole employee lifecycle (employees and volunteers). This includes providing close advice and support on recruitment, employee relations, employee engagement and team development. The Senior HR Advisor will need to ensure that our senior managers work within organisational policies and procedures, employment law and other legislative requirement such as GDPR and criminal records checks. An understanding and compliance with current HR best practice is also a requirement.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in employee relations procedures and experience of managing case load. This role involves supervising the HR team on behalf of the Head of HR therefore line management experience would be desirable. This is a collaborative role where you will also travel and work with Freedom from Torture National Centres by delivering advice and guidance within your own knowledge base. If you believe you have the expertise required to succeed in this important role, please get in touch.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided. 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date: 29 September 2019

Expected date of interviews: week commencing 7 October 2019

As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please 

Contract: Fixed Term for 6 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Finsbury Park, London Charity
Salary: £40,550 per annum plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group
life assurance

Job Ref:
We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to become part of our small but busy HR Team for a period of six months, reporting through to the Head of HR. We are separately recruiting for a permanent Senior HR Advisor, with whom the successful candidate will work closely with. The purpose of this temporary role is to support a brand new HR Team to deliver against some key projects including pay structures, organisational change and HR ways of working to ensure adoption of best practise.

The HR team also includes a HR Advisor, HR Assistant and HR Volunteer and Intern who together ensure a consistent, accurate and professional service to the Charity.
The post holder will act as a Business Partner for senior managers throughout the whole employee lifecycle (employees and volunteers). This includes providing close advice and support on recruitment, employee relations, employee engagement and team development.

The Senior HR Advisor will need to ensure that our senior managers work within organisational policies and procedures, employment law and other legislative requirement such as GDPR and criminal records checks. An understanding and compliance with current HR best practice is also a requirement.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in employee relations procedures and experience of managing case load. This role involves supervising the HR team on behalf of the Head of HR therefore line management experience would be desirable. This is a collaborative role where you will also travel and work with Freedom from Torture National Centres by delivering advice and guidance within your own knowledge base.

If you believe you have the expertise required to succeed in this important role, please get in touch.

To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please contact B Verma at [email protected]

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Salary: £34,000 - £36,000

Position:  Permanent

​Location: London

Deadline: Wednesday 25th September

The position:

Our international health charity client is recruiting a Policy Manager.  This role will lead and manage policy analysis for the department.  You will also develop evidence based consultation responses and develop and establish partnerships with policymakers and civil society organisations to extend our client’s influence and impact.

Requirements:

• You will have experience working in a Policy role, ideally within a health based charity or organisation.
• Experience of writing reports, policy briefs, articles or academic papers.
• Strong stakeholder relationship management experience.
• Experience within a public affairs influencing team.

We are looking for people to work with our employment team to support Deaf people who are furthest from the labour market, working intensively with individuals, offering exceptional levels of advice, guidance and practical support to overcome barriers and move towards and into sustainable volunteering, education, training or employment. 

This role is based from home but working in the Stoke and Staffordshire area. The successful candidate will have experience of supporting Deaf people in an employment or IAG environment. Good knowledge of the barriers facing Deaf people and the ability to collect and record information. Fluency in BSL (Native user or minimum level 2 or 3) is essential, an assessment of signing will be made to check confidence and ability. The ability to work independently is essential and the post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and two references. 

We provide great training and development opportunities and are looking for people with the right attitude and skills be part of a growing and dynamic organisation. 

This position is on a fixed term contract until October 2020 with a possible further extension. The hours are 18 hours per week. 

Interviews will be held in London on the 30th September 2019. Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Policy & Public Affairs Officer
Salary circa £27,000 pa (depending on experience & qualifications); full-time, 35 hours per week; permanent contract; post based at Curdridge, near Botley, Hampshire 

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is the leading local nature conservation charity and is one of the largest of the county-based Wildlife Trusts with a lively, dedicated and passionate team of just over 100 staff and around 1,400 volunteers.

Wildlife is in freefall both locally and nationally and, in order to get nature on the road to recovery, we need to secure a strong and enabling policy environment and we need governments, businesses and other stakeholders to act in support of wildlife.

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative and enthusiastic person to join our team - to help us influence decision makers and to develop campaigns which effectively mobilise public support for our aims.

The role would suit someone with a passion for environmental and conservations issues, who enjoys finding creative and effective ways of achieving tangible, positive change.

Our ideal candidate should have a good understanding of the relevant current policy environment, together with knowledge of political processes at a local and national level and experience of influencing and delivering effective campaigns, using both traditional and digital tools. We would like someone who is great at engaging a range of audiences - from MPs and councillors to farmers, businesses, supporters and the wider public. 

This is a new role within the Advocacy and Engagement team and will work closely with the Senior Policy and Evidence Advisor as well as with colleagues from across the Trust. The ability to build positive working relationships, both internally and externally, is a must.

If you have the skills and experience to help the Wildlife Trust influence others and lead the way in creating a wilder Hampshire and Isle of Wight and would like to play a role in nature’s recovery, we’d love to hear from you. 

Closing date: Midday – Friday 11th October 2019
Interviews: Thursday 17th October 2019 

The Wildlife Trust (TWT) value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. We believe that a diverse workforce will help us create our vision of ‘people close to nature, with land and seas rich in wildlife.’  

To apply for the role of Policy & Public Affairs Officer, please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Additional Keywords: Policy & Public Affairs Officer, Policy Officer, Public Affairs & Engagement Officer, Policy & Advocacy Officer, Wildlife Policy Officer, Public Affairs & Engagement Officer, Conservation. 

Part-time Information, Advice and Guidance Adviser (3 years fixed term contract)

Salary: £23,000.  pro rata (£18,400) 28 hours per week 

Come and join our team at Works for Us! We are looking for an outstanding individual to provide one-to-one advice sessions to our clients to support them in obtaining employment, education, training or volunteering. This position requires excellent communication skills and experience of working with people from a variety of social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.The ideal candidate will have a Level 4 NVQ in IAG or equivalent. Working towards relevant qualifications with experience will be considered.

Further details and an application form are available via our website