In a Nutshell:
As Lifeskills Centre Manager you will lead a dynamic team and be instrumental in delivering all aspects of our programmes in Leicester to serve our fantastic young people. It is a critical time for us as we are entering a new phase of development as well as looking to create new and exciting projects to serve disadvantaged and disengaged 16-24 year olds.
The Lifeskills Centre manager oversees all operations, people, finances and external relationships based from their Lifeskills Centre. This includes both support and education packages based in the Centre, and work with young people on projects that run externally, leading to the achievement of great outcomes for young people. You will oversee a team of Teachers, J2W Coaches, Love4Life Coordinator and Youth Worker, Centre Administrator, Sessional staff and Volunteers to deliver different support, educational, enrichment and vocational sessions that correspond to grant, contract and organisational targets. Giving high priority to Youth Participation, committed to gathering and implementing young people’s ideas, you will develop existing and new courses to effectively outwork and achieve TwentyTwenty aims and outcomes. You will lead in developing external relationships that gain increased numbers of young people year on year, and promote TwentyTwenty’s services and the local reputation of the Lifeskills Centre. You will oversee a Centre that is vibrant, engaging and effective for some of the most disadvantaged and disengaged young people around.
Job Description
- Centre
1a. Drive Lifeskills team towards TwentyTwenty’s four key performance indicators through leading a vibrant, engaging culture, developing teaching content/delivery, enhancing pastoral and progression support.
1b. Run the Lifeskills Centre on a day-to-day basis, motivating staff and students, organising via weekly timetables and team meetings, and responding to issues and opportunities that arise.
1c. Give ongoing support, feedback and development opportunities to staff and volunteers; supporting, challenging and empowering them to deliver engaging and effective work.
1d. Oversee the Centre’s health and safety requirements; liaising with landlords, managing the space, working with the internal H&S lead, and equipping and resourcing the Centre to be fit for purpose practically.
1e. Work with your team, young people and the Programmes and Impact Director to develop and lead new and existing courses and projects, in-line with sector research, funding opportunities, local needs and the wider TwentyTwenty strategy.
1f. Operate within the Senior Management Team, responsible for cross-organisational duties, contributing into overall strategy and representing TwentyTwenty in different front-line and strategic panels and meetings.
- External stakeholders
2a. Be an ambassador for the Centre and for TwentyTwenty with local businesses, agencies and professionals, proactively and creatively building external links via networking and project planning.
2b. Build quality relationships with young people, parents, carers and referrers to help design and adapt courses and projects, and to aid engagement from young people.
2c. Implement local promotional and recruitment strategies and activities to gain young people on our courses; to exceed learner number targets and strengthen TwentyTwenty’s reputation.
- Programmes
3a. Fulfil all contract and exam board obligations from the beginning to end of the learner journey.
3b. Oversight of high quality schemes of work, lesson plans and marking, exam processes, internal verification of exams, liaising with external compliance organisations, storing of work, and keeping abreast of funding changes to qualifications.
3c. To cover teaching sessions where necessary.
3d. Support teachers to ensure the students achieve their qualifications and develop work-ready skills and attitudes.
3e. Working alongside the Employability Coordinator you will support aspects of work experience such as visiting businesses, completing risk assessments and coordinating transport for work experience.
3f. Act as safeguarding lead for the centre, ensuring staff are aware of and trained on their safeguarding responsibilities and their support of young people, liaising with local authorities and the TwentyTwenty Designated Safeguarding Lead as appropriate
3g. Oversee J2W coaches to ensure that young people are well-supported through their time with us and grow in confidence, self-awareness and personal and social development.
3h. Interpret collected programme data and use it effectively to adapt teaching, improve processes, and inform leadership of status of projects and programmes.
- Finance
4a. Manage the Lifeskills Centre budget, including the achievement of income targets via contracts, open market and commercial income.
4b. Implement strong cost-control on expenditure, and follow robust financial processes.
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Puppy Training Coordinator
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Puppy Training Team as a Puppy Trainer. This role is at the forefront of our assistance dog training programme and is responsible for co-ordinating and monitoring the progress of the puppies to ensure they receive the highest standard of socialisation and early training in order to maximise their chances of becoming qualified working our client.
Puppy Training Coordinator Responsibilities:
- Providing on-going training, support and advice to volunteer Puppy Parents.
- Carrying out home visits and classes for Puppy Parents.
- Recruiting Puppy Parents.
- Monitoring progress of puppies.
Puppy Training Coordinator Requirements:
- Experience of training puppies.
- Demonstrable dog training knowledge and skills.
- A working knowledge of the assessment of puppy and dog behaviour and traits.
- Coaching and training skills.
- Current UK driving licence or able to provide transport to enable visits.
Above all you will embrace our values with passion and love working as part of the growing our clients family helping disabled people to enjoy a greater independence and a better quality of life.
This important role will be based at our Midlands Training Centre in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, working within a defined geographical location in the Derby area (please see the attached map) in order to visit our puppies in the region.
Our client is a Disability Confident Committed employer.
Please note all interviews will be taking place our Midlands Training Centre, Osgathorpe, Leicestershire.
Please apply online with a CV together with any supporting documentation that demonstrates your suitability for the role. If you have problems with the online application form please try using a different web browser (Google Chrome is typically the most reliable.)
About Our Client;
If you are looking for an inspirational challenge, join our amazing assistance dog charity and contribute to our life changing work.
Their mission is to transform the lives of adults with physical disabilities through partnership with their specially trained assistance dogs. To help them create these amazing partnerships, they need amazing people.
Location: Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £18,321 per annum
Closing date for applications: Midnight 09 February 2020
1st Interview Date (Practical Assessment Centre): 24 February 2020
2nd Interview Date: 09 March 2020
You may have experience of the following: Puppy Training Coordinator, Puppy Training, Puppy Trainer, Dog Trainer, Animal Trainer, Dog Behaviourist, Dog Training, Guide Dogs, Canine Training, Dog Training Coordinator, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.
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Are you an inspirational leader? Are you empathetic, inclusive and resilient? If so, we have a new and exciting permanent opportunity for a Portfolio Manager in a national role.
Position: Portfolio Manager
Location: National, with the option of being home based or working from the satellite office in Leicester
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Salary: £35,420 rising to 36,629 after 12 months… with pay reviews each April
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Opt-in to our auto-enrolment pension scheme or enhanced rate scheme, 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), Family friendly benefits providing enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption, Riverside Rewards scheme and app
Closing Date: 27th January
The Role
Reporting to the National Portfolio Manager, the Portfolio Manager will lead, motivate and develop a regional team to ensure the delivery of a high quality service providing clear direction, regularly reviewing patch sizes and locations, work outputs, setting improvement targets and appraising individual performance.
You will be responsible for:
- Ensuring effective delivery of leases, management agreements and service level agreements with external parties for the designated portfolio.
- Leading regular performance reviews and embedding effective third party arrangements.
- Managing relationships with stakeholders, both internally and externally by coordinating the on-boarding of new Managed Agent units.
About You
As Portfolio Manager you will:
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will be able to influence others.
- Have proven experience of leading a team in a housing environment.
- Have successfully managed large scale budgets and delivered an excellent customer care service.
- Be results driven, ensuring your teams are providing a high quality service whilst achieving individual and team targets.
We're looking for individuals who have up to date knowledge of legislation, regulations and standards relating to Social Housing, Non-Social Housing and Care and Support… so if this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
This role will be based in Leicester, however there will be national travel involved so a driving licence is essential.
In return…
Work for an organisation who want you to feel empowered and that your voice is truly heard. Being a company focused on people, they treat our customers with this same respect. They trust you to protect their customers, their people and their business and they see outstanding worth in those with the courage to take responsibility, innovate and find solutions. Your focus on performance and ambition is rewarded with development opportunities. At this organisation, you can achieve.
About the Organisation
One of the UK’s leading social housing and regeneration organisations, they are a group of not-for-profit and commercial companies with a charitable housing association at their core. Operating across 160 local authorities in England and Scotland and housing 100,000+ people, they are fully committed to improving the lives of thousands of individuals and families. They seek to transform lives and revitalise neighbourhoods.
You may also have experience in areas such as Portfolio Management, Portfolio Coordinator, Portfolio, Facilities, Facilities Manager, Contracts Manager, Contracts, Housing, Property Manager, Property, Social Housing.
Edward Connor Solicitors has been uniquely set up as both a law firm and a charity, to offer specialised legal advice to Christian organisations and churches. We seek to provide advice that is both legally robust and biblically faithful.
We are looking for a property lawyer to join our existing team, working alongside other Christian solicitors at the top of their field. We are seeking an individual who is passionate about using their legal expertise to help Christian organisations and churches be more effective in serving Christ.
This could be a full or part-time position, based either in our Market Harborough office in Leicestershire or in Old Street, London. It would suit a qualified solicitor with at least two years PQE, including someone returning to work after a career break/career change. You will work closely with other members of the property team, as well as liaising with our charity law team. Experience in commercial property law is essential.
The ideal candidate will also be familiar with residential conveyancing and charity law, and have a good general understanding of the legal issues that Christian organisations and churches are likely to face.
It is a requirement for this role that the person we appoint is an evangelical Christian who is committed to our charity’s purposes – to see God’s kingdom grow.
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