Education Volunteer Programmes Assistant

Starting Salary:  £27,014 - £28,093 per annum pro rata for 14 hours a week.

Contract: 2 years fixed term

Position Description

Job Profile

This post is responsible for providing administrative and logistical support to the Schools Volunteer Programme* and the Young Leadership Programme** 

The post holder works within the Education Section and works closely with CAFOD’s network of regionally based staff who recruit, manage and support volunteers at a local level. 

Accountability

The post holder is line managed by and reports to the Schools Volunteer Programme Coordinator. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Support volunteers through regular and ad hoc communications including answering emails, telephone calls, e-newsletters and WhatsApp broadcasts
• Uploading resources to the Volunteers Section of the CAFOD website and/or appropriate SharePoint site
• Carrying out pre training logistics such as ensuring the relevant pre-course paperwork including reminders, agendas and risk assessments before each training day
• Setting up and using Eventbrite pages to monitor bookings for training days
• Update the CAFOD Supporter Database as appropriate with contact details for course participants and recording activity by Young Leaders
• Coordinate the printing and distribution of volunteer resources before training sessions.
• Maintain and replenish a stock of core materials and resources needed for volunteer training
• Responding to individual requests for these resources 

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification. 

*Schools Volunteers work with children (4 – 11yrs) and with young people (11-18yrs) in a school environment. There are currently around 200 CAFOD Schools volunteers making approximately 1000 visits per academic year

** A programme for sixth form students, empowering them with the skills and knowledge to lead their school communities to engage with CAFOD’s work through raising awareness, fundraising and campaigning. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults  

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves responsibility for people who will have contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  If based in the UK the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service).  

Essential Criteria

 Understanding our context

• Understanding Catholic identity: Understanding of the Catholic Education system and set up

Working together

• Managing ourselves: A self-starter; willingly taking responsibility for getting the work done; Someone who recognizes what needs to be done and take action to deal with it; A person who makes suggestions to address problems or improve the way the work is done
• Working with others: Works in a collaborative manner
• Communicating: Ability to write and communicate clearly and succinctly

Making change happen

• Managing resources: Ability to use information systems and processes ensuring work is completed and recorded efficiently
• Achieving results: Ability to seek better processes and ways of working to achieve results 

Job-specific competencies

Job-specific competencies

1. Excellent administration and organisational skills
2. Competent user of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher
3. Ability to work remotely from line manager (who will not be physically present every working day in the same office)
4. Have a passion for global justice and raising awareness in others.
5. Understanding of Catholic Schools and the Catholic Education System
6. Willingness to travel occasionally within England and Wales  

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits  

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities. 

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection. 

Job Profile

The EPO is a full-time position supporting the oversight of an existing humanitarian  portfolio as well as monitoring and developing new partnerships and projects for rapid on-set emergencies.

The position has a multi-regional remit to contribute to the delivery of effective and high-quality humanitarian assistance to new and ongoing humanitarian crises. As part of CAFOD’s Emergency Response Group- the EPO provides programme management and support capacity to humanitarian programmes.  Working with partners is central to CAFOD’s humanitarian response and the EPO will play an important role in identifying, and supporting partners to prepare for, mitigate the impact of, and respond to disasters and crises by providing support, knowledge and building long-term capacity.  All roles undertaken by the EPO will have the aim of achieving peace, security and recovery in accordance with CAFOD’s mission and values.

The post will seek to support regional and national CAFOD staff as necessary.  The building and maintenance of day to day relationships with partners is essential to the job. The role will be expected to work closely together with International Development Group (IDG) country teams when a disaster strikes and on other ongoing pieces of work.

Job Scope

A key component of this role is to be a part of CAFOD's Emergency Response Group (ERG) – providing immediate support to our humanitarian responses in Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Caribbean, as well as remote support for country teams. As a result of numerous rapid onset emergencies within these regions in recent years ERG has been working on a wide portfolio which has included several large programmes (Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Nepal earthquakes, Rohingya Refugee Crisis and Indonesia Tsunami and Earthquakes).

This role will be expected to be able to support a wide range of humanitarian responses with different thematic focus and in different areas of the world. The primary focus is expected to be on Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean rather than the Middle East. The post holder may be asked to support other regions on a needs basis.

The EPO in conjunction with regional teams supports ongoing humanitarian programmes and maintains, holds and supports key partnerships. The post holder will also function as the main contact person for partners and projects that do not fall under a country programme in the International Development Group but where CAFOD has emergency programmes/projects and/or a strategic engagement (For example: Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Haiti, Venezuela and Antilles).

A lot of work and effort has gone into building relationships with specific partners – this role requires a dedicated person to continue and maintain these relationships in a consistent and positive manner. 

CAFOD’s humanitarian response comes before during and after emergencies. Our three core approaches are: 

(a) Capacity building of partners, in areas such as emergency preparedness, safeguarding, programme management, protection, WASH, food security and financial management. 

(b) Facilitation, in which we work alongside partners to help ensure the delivery of a programme. This is our most common way of working.

(c) Implementation, where CAFOD takes on a more direct implementation role in the delivery of a programme when local partners lack the capacity to scale up rapidly. 

An important part of the EPO role is to provide support to CAFOD programmes, staff and national partners in the implementation of humanitarian programmes, including assessments, monitoring, reviews and evaluations.

Another element of the role includes the provision of support to the Head of Humanitarian Programmes (HHP) and to the Humanitarian Funding Team to enlarge humanitarian partners and donors’ portfolio for those regions.

The post holder will be expected to work closely together and in coordination with relevant IDG country teams, comms/media, and where relevant major donors.

The post holder will provide support in the development of regional humanitarian strategies as well as country level preparedness plans where relevant.

Accountability

The post holder is line managed by the Head of Humanitarian Programmes within the Emergency Response Group. The role does not have line management or budget responsibilities.

The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Humanitarian Funding team; particularly with regard to the technical review of institutional proposals and reports prior to submission to donors.

Key Responsibilities

This role will be required to undertake travel, sometimes at very short notice and to insecure environments.

Emergency programme support (60%)

• Play a lead role in providing programme management of humanitarian responses through remote or field level operational support, and other support as needed such as needs assessment, project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Support the planning and implementation of humanitarian programmes providing technical support and guidance to CAFOD programme staff and partner organisations to deliver high quality assistance in relief, rehabilitation and recovery phases of humanitarian response and preparedness
• Work with the emergency programme team to monitor new and chronic humanitarian crises, support corporate decision making on responses to these crises through timely provision of assessment information and support the development and design of humanitarian responses
• Identify opportunities for scaling up CAFOD’s humanitarian work and support the Humanitarian Funding Officer in the development of proposals for institutional funding and reporting to donors
• Identify, select and support the capacity building of new humanitarian partners in designated regions

Programme quality, systems and standards (30%)

• Support the development and implementation of guidance and policies and maintenance of systems and procedures, in line with CAFOD’s Ways of Working, for ensuring good practice and meeting sectoral standards on accountability and programme quality.
• Engage with the Humanitarian Policy team to ensure CAFOD’s humanitarian policy and advocacy is coherent and effective, and informed by our experience and that of our partners.
• Engage with the External Communication team to ensure CAFOD’s communications for humanitarian programmes is coherent, effective and efficient.

Representation and communication (10%)

• As prioritised, represent CAFOD at interagency fora and build, strengthen relationships with Caritas Internationalis sister agencies, as well as with non-Caritas partners organisations, to promote and aid coordinated humanitarian response 
• Develop supporter communications and work with the media, writing and undertaking interviews both on radio and TV

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  If based in the UK, the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service).  If the post is based outside the UK the post holder will be subject to a different checking process. 

Person Specification /Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

• Actively supports CAFOD’s vision, mission and values and what we aim to achieve
• Commitment to and demonstrated experience of working with humanitarian standards and best practice (Humanitarian Charter, SPHERE, Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, HAP)

Working together

• Proven successes in working with community-based organisations and local partners in the delivery of humanitarian programmes and capacity building, particularly in emergency preparedness and response
• Able to communicate clearly and in a concise manner
• Able to present complex issues simply and clearly in a multi-cultural working environment

 Making change happen

• Proven experience of successfully delivering an operational emergency programmes overseas or in different humanitarian contexts; will tackle conflicts or problems in a balanced way
• Able to contribute towards the Emergency Group strategy and able to determine team plans and objectives and deliver against them in challenging circumstances

Job-specific competencies

Technical skills and experience:

• Master’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in international relief and development
• Experience of designing and leading Emergency Responses
• Proven expertise and understanding of emergency preparedness and response
• Proven successes in working with community-based organisations and local partners in the delivery of humanitarian programmes and capacity building
• Experience of proposal development
• Multi donors experience
• Experience in national partners selection and capacity building

 Humanitarian Leadership and Coordination:

• High-level interpersonal and communications with the ability to effectively influence and liaise with key stakeholders on behalf of and in line with CAFOD’s principles.
• Ability to quickly establish and maintain effective relationships to achieve results in short timeframes
• The ability to work autonomously, take the initiative and proven ability to work creatively, innovatively and effectively to make decisions with limited direct supervision.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

 Operating safely in a pressured and changing environment:

• Proven experience in implementing security policy/protocols and ability to provide appropriate direction and support to team members in the event of a critical incident
• Demonstrated ability at being flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
• The ability to remain calm while dealing with conflicting priorities and working under pressure.

 Other:

• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Language skills in Spanish are highly desirable for this position
• Basic financial and budget management skills
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks and implementing systems and procedures

 Desirable Criteria

• Language skills in Arabic and French
• Experience of forecast based financing
• Experience of Cash programming

Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

To read more and apply, please visit CAFOD website to begin, completing the application process.

Our client, one of London's leading higher education establishments, is currently looking to recruit a temporary higher education Programme Administrator to provide key administrative support in a student facing environment.

The purpose of this role is to assist and manage the day-to-day administration of teaching, research and degree programmes. The post holder will act as the first point of contact and deal efficiently with all email, written and telephone enquiries from both students and staff. Promoting the academic activities of various departments by organising internal and external events, you will undertake project administration, including module registration and the student evaluation of teaching and modules. You will also be required to maintain all systems for records management, to provide secretarial support to the team and assist the Programme Administrators with the organisation of student assessments.

In order to be considered for this post, you will need to have previous programme or course administrative experience within a higher education environment, along with excellent IT and communication skills. With the ability to work independently and proactively, you will have the confidence to deal with a wide variety of people, prioritise competing deadlines and comprehend complex situations quickly. The ideal candidate will also have experience using the student records system, SITS.

If you are interested in finding out more information about this new opportunity, please register your interest below and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below. You must be available immediately to be considered for this post.

Background

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

Led by President, Professor Sir Paul Curran, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university. 

The Centre for Charity Effectiveness (Cass CCE) is located within the Faculty of Management at Cass Business School and is a leading nonprofit and philanthropy centre in the UK. We aspire to see a voluntary, community and social enterprise sector constantly extending its own knowledge boundaries and driving performance excellence – whilst developing and inspiring the next generation of leaders. For more than 10 years, Cass CCE has been enhancing performance across the nonprofit sector through Education, Knowledge Sharing, Research and Independent Advice.

Responsibilities

The role holder will provide administrative support to the Centre team and its clients; taking a lead in the planning and organisation of the CCE professional development programme and ‘on the day’ management of consultancy events (seminars, workshops, and internal team meetings). In addition, they will deal with consultancy enquiries via email and telephone and ensure that records for events and projects are kept up to date. Administration of the Centre’s E-store shop is required, ensuring that courses are advertised in good time together with the maintenance of the database of contacts used by Cass CCE. They will take the lead with future event planning, scheduling events up to two years in advance and liaise with the Cass Marketing team to produce programme flyers, materials and regular Centre newsletters. Maintenance of the Centre website will be required to ensure that programme information is correct.

Person Specification

The role holder will be educated to A level standard or with equivalent experience. Whilst a degree would be beneficial it is not essential. Some knowledge of the nonprofit and/or education sector would be desirable. 
They will be able to work on their own initiative and also as part of an effective team with excellent organisation skills and the ability to balance a busy workload under pressure; prioritising tasks in order to meet deadlines.
The role holder will be numerate with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
A willingness to be flexible is essential as the role will include some early mornings and evening work to cover events.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date for applications: 11.59pm 8th March 2020

Interviews are likely to be held 17th or 18th March 2020

Actively working to promote equal opportunity and diversity

Academic excellence for business and the professions

To apply: Please click on apply to be directed to our website to fill in our online application form.

Cara Syria Programme in Region

‘Investing in Syria’s Intellectual Capital: Creating Pathways to the Future’

Post Cara Syria Programme Administrative Assistant (x2)

Purpose To provide administrative support to Syria Programme activities, including finances, events logistics, core database, data capture, electronic filing.

Experience Undergraduate degree OR equivalent experience with a minimum of 1-year using Excel for both data capture and financial bookkeeping purposes.

Start Date 24th March 2020

Duration 12-months (March 2020 to March 2021) with the possibility of an extension.

Salary £22,000 - £23,500 pro rata (depending on experience)

Reporting to Cara Middle-East Adviser

Application Deadline 13/3/2020

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Organisation Background

The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge[1], to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff.

Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for over 80 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Yemen, Iran and Syria. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.

Cara Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’

‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’

Cara Syria Programme in Region

Launched in October 2016, the Cara Syria Programme in Region is now in its third year (Phase 3), working predominantly with Syrian academics in exile in Turkey where the greatest number have sought refuge. Cara has over 400 Syrian academics registered on the Syria Programme database, of which over 100 who are actively engaged in one of more of the Syria Programme strands (activities).

Syria Programme Aim ‘To nurture and enable future opportunities for Syrian academics by facilitating professional connection and collaboration and continued academic development and contribution whilst in exile, as a group that is vital to the future of Syria.’

Phase 3, a 12-month period, began on 1st April 2019 and combines six strands.

• Strand 1: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) a blended-learning activity combines weekly one-to-one online EAP sessions with monthly workshops in Istanbul. Following a pilot in Phase 2, weekly group face-to-face sessions will be introduced in 3 areas where clusters of participants exist.
• Strand 2: Academic Development (AD), another blended-learning activity, combining weekly online E-learn sessions with workshops in Istanbul. A more comprehensive online Foundation course is under development and will be piloted and launched in Phase 3 (2020), followed by the development of additional courses.
• Strand 3: Research Incubation Visits (RIVs) 3- to 8-week visits by Syrian participants to discipline-relevant UK university departments to allow networking, training and the development of a collaborative research project with host academics, as well as offering longer-term institutional affiliation and continued access to host university online resources post return to country of exile.
• Strand 4: Cara-Commissioned Research (CCR) facilitates research collaborations that offer action-learning opportunities. In Phase 1, a Cara-commissioned study, led by Cambridge University faculty working with 19 Syrian academics in exile, captured the state of HE across Syria both pre and post 2011.  In Phase 2, building on Phase 1, 24 Syrian academics in exile, under the guidance of an Institute of Development Studies (IDS) faculty member, has undertaken 5 thematic studies, looking at the role of HE in addressing societal challenges in Syria. In Phase 3, Strand 4 will continue to facilitate ongoing academic engagement through research located within a higher education framework. Research outputs aim to inform policymakers and planners amongst key responders to the Syria crisis.
• Strand 5: Syria Research Fellowship Scheme (SRFS) provides funding to support research on Syria or Syrian populations in exile, with grants of up to £3K (small grants) and up to £15K (larger grants).  This part of the programme draws on Cara’s partnership model, with successful project teams partnered with, usually, UK-based mentors (small grants) and principle investigators/PIs (larger grants). Implementation is led by the Syrian team members. Teams are encouraged where possible to include academic colleagues from the host country – ie. Turkey. The role of mentors and PIs is to ensure that the research aligns with international standards and good practice in research and will deliver rigorous quality and, ideally, publishable outputs.
• Strand 6: Arts & Humanities (A&H) Pilot combines existing Syria Programme activities albeit dedicated to Syrian colleagues in exile whose disciplines sit within the Arts & Humanities.  Strand 6 imposes not particular research focus on teams funded through this strand.

Online elements of the Programme are supported by a dedicated online Portal and allied Moodle site.

The Programme relies extensively on voluntary support for all of its strands, with over 200 discipline and EAP experts committed to supporting the programme, delivering weekly online one-to-one EAP sessions, the weekly online e-Learn Soiree series, supporting research and facilitating workshops.

Governance The development and implementation of strands 1 and 2 are overseen by their respective Steering Groups comprising experts from Bradford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kent, Leeds, Middlesex, Queen Mary’s, Reading, Sheffield, USW universities, again all working on a voluntary basis. The overall Programme is overseen by the Cara Syria Programme Steering Committee comprising the Cara Chair, Honorary Secretary, Executive Director, and a Cara Trustee and board member.

Syria Programme Staffing The Cara Regional Syria Programme is currently recruiting two possible candidates to this new post, to work alongside the two Syria Programme Officers, overseen by Kate Robertson, Cara Middle-East Adviser, who leads the overall Programme. The successful candidate(s) will be contracted as Cara members of staff.

Person Specification and Responsibilities

1.  Qualification or Experience

•   Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in the workplace.

•   Experience of administration for a project of a similar scale (1 year minimum)

I. Essential

• Fluent English – spoken and written.
• Experience of Microsoft Excel for book-keeping, data capture and analysis purposes.
• Excellent/proven time-management and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident, sensitive communication skills.
• Excellent/proven writing skills.
• Good team player.
• Ability to work independently to deadlines.
• Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
• Dynamic and flexible work manner.
• Ability to accept and use feedback.

II. Desirable

• Arabic and/or Turkish language skills.

2.  Primary Responsibilities To support the Syria Programme team in the administration of day-to-day activities, including communication, record-keeping and filing, data capture, scheduling, meetings and event-related logistics such a room and flights bookings, etc. under their guidance.

3.  Undertakings

The Administrative Assistant will receive a contract, appropriate support and relevant training and supervision, a salary of between £22,000 to £23,500 pro rata based on experience, and a pension contribution of 8% of salary following completion of the probationary period.

They in turn will be expected to adhere to Cara’s policies and practices on confidentiality, equal opportunities and health and safety, and to wear appropriate dress.  

Working hours will be 9am to 5pm unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Annual leave is 25 days a year pro rata, plus public holidays.

4.  Time Commitment The post will be for 12 months, 5 days a week, to start on 24th March 2020 or as soon as agreed. The incumbent will be subject to a 2-month probationary period.

5.  Application Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the post by making reference to the ‘Person Specification and Responsibilities’.

NB. Submissions without a covering letter will not be considered.

Please include contact details for 3 suitable referees, ideally individuals for whom you have previously worked. These will only be taken up with your prior permission.  Please include ‘Administrative Assistant’ in the subject line of your electronic submission.

Application Deadline Friday 13th March 2020

[1] Lord William Beveridge was Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 to 1937

Fairtrade Foundation is recruiting an Administrator to support the Programme Partnerships Team.

The post holder will provide excellent support to the Programme Partnerships team (and associated Supply Chain team) with a particular focus on handling the administrative and financial processes associated with active programmes, setting up systems and processes  to support the development and the management of programme opportunities as well as organising information and data flows from the programmes work. The Foundation is increasingly focused on securing investment to provide programmatic support work with Fairtrade farmers and workers. The investment from grants or finance from commercial partners requires very careful administration to comply both with donor requirements and the Foundation’s own internal audit practice as well as to support learning within the Fairtrade system to improve our performance

The ideal candidate will need to have a very good eye for detail, be highly organised and have a good basic understanding of financial and data processes. We need this person to be comfortable with reporting procedures but it is not essential that you have experience in administering grants.

This role will work closely with colleagues and be supported by an experienced team within Programme Partnerships and Finance so we need good team work experience within an office environment and ability to work independently once shown the job requirements. We need excellent IT skills and ability to support the team with administrative tasks such as inputting information into databases and setting up systems and processes to support grant applications and management. There will be opportunities to learn about fundraising and generating strong funding proposals. The busy environment requires excellent organisational and prioritsation skills.

At Fairtrade we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children & vulnerable adults in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work within this environment are recruited to work for us. Therefore for this specific role a Basic DBS check will be needed for this role as part of an offer of employment.

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: 28 February 202 (10am)

Interviews will take place 12 March 2020

Contract: Full time 35 hours, Permanent

Plan International UK is looking for a Programme Specialist with expertise in both humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction to join the Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRMU).

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life. The Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRMU) works across the whole spectrum of disaster work from risk reduction, emergency response through to recovery, working in collaboration with many of the major NGOs in consortia and as a DEC and START Network member, dealing with rapid response, disaster risk reduction, and conflict sensitivity.

As a DRMU Programme Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting our country offices in quality programme development and delivery, assisting with the development of strong donor relationships and providing technical support for humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) work
• Supporting the development of Plan International UK’s humanitarian and DRR portfolio, including programming that addresses disaster risk and strengthens community resilience
• Developing and managing a significant part of Plan International UK’s disasters grants portfolio
• Raising our profile as a humanitarian actor

You will identify opportunities and calls for proposals, support Country Offices in developing and submitting high quality proposals and negotiate and approve contracts. You will also monitor all aspects of project progress, e.g. via close communication with project staff and field trips. You’ll act as a resource for the international organisation, providing support to disaster response on a deployment basis if required. You will spend approximately 30% of your time in Country Offices.

As well as the required experience, we are looking for someone who has great communication and collaborative working skills and whose values and goals are genuinely aligned with ours. Some experience/knowledge of Child Protection in Emergencies would be an advantage but additional training in this area will be given if needed.

Please download the job profile for further detail of the role. You will need to refer to this during your application.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on 9 March 2020.

Interviews will take place on 16/17 March 2020.

Due to the nature of our work with children and young people, we follow rigorous child safeguarding policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

About MHFA England

MHFA England is a social enterprise and the leading provider of mental health skills and awareness training courses in England. Our vision is to improve the health of the nation, through normalising society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others’ wellbeing. Learn about our social mission and our history by read our 'what we do section' on our website.

We are a friendly, dynamic, fast-paced organisation and we strive to be an exemplary health and wellbeing employer. We are embarking on an exciting journey of growth and if you are looking for the next step in your career, this a great time for you to join us.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a highly organised individual, who is able to work well as part of a team in order to deliver work both efficiently and accurately. You will play an important role within the Client Delivery team by ensuring high level administrative support from updating in-house systems and maintaining client delivery processes to assist the team in developing long term relationships with our clients.

Your role will involve liaising with colleagues across the organisation and external providers to ensure all enquiries are responded to in a timely manner. You will ensure high level customer service by ensuring that all booking and client information is updated on our system as well as creating daily and weekly reports. You will support the Client Development Managers with managing and responding to the client delivery inbox, tracking of training materials, keeping the system up to date with bookings and general administration support.  

The post holder will be collaborative, have great attention to detail, be proactive, hands-on and have good communications skills.

What can we offer you? 

You’ll enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, along with a winter and summer office closure in addition to your annual leave. We provide a pension contribution for you which is matched up to 5%. We’ll support your development and growth and help you develop your experience and skills to achieve your personal and the businesses goals.

Interested? How to apply

For the full job description and person specification please see the attached documents. Go to our website for further information.

To apply please submit a covering letter and CV demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role. The closing date for applications is Sunday 8th March 2020. Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 16th March 2020.

Mental Health First Aid England is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or those who are pregnant or on maternity leave. We are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented within the organisation, these include but are not limited to those from the LGBT+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

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ABOUT US

The Mayor’s Fund for London is an independent charity, championing social mobility for young Londoners from low-income backgrounds. We believe that all young people, regardless of their starting point in life, should be able to thrive in their community, forge fulfilling careers and take advantage of the outstanding opportunities that London has to offer.

Our work raises awareness of the barriers facing young Londoners, promotes the activities which best increases their opportunities and brings together the partnerships to make a measurable impact on young Londoners’ lives. In 2018/19, we supported over 35,000 young Londoners aged 4-24 across all 33 boroughs working in partnership with 427 schools, 110 community organisations and 94 employers, charities, social enterprises and local authorities.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is our patron.

THE ROLE

The Programme Support Officer will be responsible for maintaining effective administrative systems in the smooth running of the Count on Us Maths Challenge and Kitchen Social holiday provision programmes. This will include administrative support, database management, delivery partner liaison and support with training and competition events. They will also provide support to the administration of grants to schools as part of London Maths Week.

The Mayor’s Fund for London is based at City Hall near London Bridge. The role will involve occasionally evening and early morning events so a flexible approach to working hours is required and time off in lieu will be granted in these circumstances. Occasional travel across London for meetings or events may be required.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply online sending in your CV and a personal statement no longer than two pages. It should outline why you are a suitable candidate and your reasons for applying.

Provisional interview dates are: 11th / 12th / 13th March 2020. 

The Mayor's Fund for London is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. The Equal Opportunities form is voluntary but the information we collect here is very useful to us as it helps us to make sure that we are an inclusive employer and to find out if our workforce is diverse.

Unfortunately due to the large volumes of interest the charity receives, we are not able to respond to all applicants who are unsuccessful at the application stage.

Please only apply if you are eligible to work in the UK.

We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic administrator to work for an amazing faith based charity.

The Charity A faith based charity.

The Role
To support the administration of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application process.
To administer DBS umbrella body agreements under the instruction of the Director and Office Manager.
To work under the instruction of the Director and Office Manager to ensure that Religious Order alignment agreements are reviewed and revised as the need arises.
To provide administrative support within the CSAS team including typing, post, formatting/proof-reading documentation, filing and database administration.
To provide project support to the Director and PA/Office Manager including co-ordination of major events including conferences, working groups, consultation activity, production of documents, data collation/analysis and event organisation.
To organise and maintain electronic and paper administrative systems.
To make appointments; arrange meetings, travel and accommodation as requested.
To minute and support team meetings when necessary.

The Candidate
Experience in Administration
Experience of working in a Safeguarding or Social Work environment
Experience of working within the Church environment and/or charity sector.
Experience of using computerised contact databases

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

General Administrator
Full Time
6 weeks approx

Eden brown is working with an exciting charity to recruit for a General Administrator based in North London.

Responsibilities:
- To support the team through any administration queries.
- Answering phones and directing enquiries-
Filing and archiving and maintaining effective student records
- General faxing, photocopying and scanning
- Any another general administration task

Skills and experience required for the role:
- Strong organisational skills
- A sound knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel
- Oral and written communication skills
- The ability to meet deadlines
- A good telephone manner
- Teamwork
- Reliability and honesty

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.

We are recruiting for an experienced temporary Administrator for a member organisation , you will need experience in managing buy diaries and excellent IT skills.

The Role
Scheduling appointments.
Arranging workshops/meetings (including venue selection and booking)
Assisting with the monitoring of project expenditure.
Supporting the project managers/programme managers with ad-hoc project activities including writing-up workshop outputs etc.
Proofing and minor drafting tasks.
General admin support to the strategy and insight directorate within the organisation.

The Candidate
Good computer literacy and strong administrative skills through qualification and experience in a similar administrative role, including archiving, database use, etc.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Ability to manage and coordinate busy diaries.
Excellent interpersonal skills to ensure a high level of service is provided to both the association and committee members and colleagues/managers.
Experience of balancing urgent and routine tasks.
Experience of dealing with a wide range of stakeholders, including external providers.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, high-profile charity that works to transform lives across the UK through a unique and inspiring programme of travel grants. As the Administrator, you will be an integral part of the team; supporting the annual selection process, assisting applicants and grantees with their queries and managing the administrative aspects of Fellowship programme.

The Churchill Fellowship funds inspiring individuals to travel the world in search of solutions for today’s most pressing problems. Our Fellows research the UK’s key challenges – marine pollution, gang crime, food poverty, homelessness and more. They come back with new ideas to make change happen in their professions and communities, transforming lives in every area of society.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent administration skills, personable manner on the phone and in person, impeccable attention to detail and a proven ability to successfully manage varied and competing demands. They will have high IT literacy and take pride in maintaining high standards in their work. They will also enjoy working as a part of a small team and will be enthusiastic about meeting new people and learning about the innovative work of our Fellows.

An exciting opportunity to use your experience to support the move to and the day-to-day management of a Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Title: CRM Administrator 
Salary: c. £37,000 plus benefits 
Job ref: CRMA 
Based: London, SE1

The countryside is one of the nation’s most valued assets – it’s where many people feel most alive and plays a vital role in improving our mental and physical health, not to mention the climate emergency. CPRE, the countryside charity wants to connect more people with the countryside, to ensure that everyone can benefit. This role is an opportunity to play an important part in achieving that.

This is a new role and an opportunity to join a small organisation with great potential at a very exciting time. The successful candidate will have previous experience of understanding of how to manage and administer data using Dynamics CRM for third sector organisations, understand how the business processes operate and being able to proactively support and develop their processes as a key part of this role.

As the Microsoft Dynamics CRM and database administrator, you will be responsible for supporting the implementation and migration to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. This key position will both oversee the transfer of data, but also the ongoing management, training and cleansing of the database. Other duties will include enforcing GDPR compliance, managing integration of lead databases, preparation, development and analysis of digital campaigns to support income generation and campaign aims. 

You will develop and implement Dynamics 365 business systems applying upgrades, patching and fixing. Interfacing with the operational teams and providing first line support to the business, advising on best practice and facilitating operational improvements.  Candidates need to be confident and responsible for providing adequate and timely data selections, uploads, extractions, reports, champion effective use of data accuracy and lead in making others more data literate and able to access key data and knowledge.

In addition to the basic administration of the system, the internal operational teams will require ongoing changes to the system and as a Dynamics CRM Administrator, you will analyse business requirements and work with the business to design an architecture that will support a high-profile business solution. 

Closing date: Midday day 26th February 2020 
Interviews: Thursday 5th or Friday 6th March 2020

o Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website, where you can download the job description and application form. 

CPRE is an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies please.