Side by Side Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Side by Side Coordinator
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £22,367 to £23,270 depending on skills and experience

Closing date: 12 December 2019
Interview date: 20 December 2019

About the role:

Are you an enthusiastic, passionate experienced professional who would like to take the lead in developing and leading an exciting service for Alzheimer’s Society across the service area?

Side By Side is an innovative service developed to tackle issues around social isolation and enhance wellbeing and reduce loneliness for people with dementia. The Side by Side service is key to building this supportive community by offering meaningful companionship across the service area.

We already know that Side by Side has helped people with dementia to meet new people or catch up with old friends, enabled them to keep doing the things they enjoy and for some, to try new things , this role will identify and reach people with dementia who live in the community.

You will work with volunteers who support people living with dementia to identify the challenges that stop them being enhanced in their wellbeing

About you:

Using your excellent communication and listening skills to develop and inspire others; as Side By Side Coordinator you will be responsible for recruiting and supporting a team of volunteers and lead volunteers to provide this exciting service in the community.

The role of Side by Side Coordinator calls for a good understanding of dementia and proven ability to work in collaboration with internal and external partners. You will work across health and social care with a range of professionals and colleagues to develop the service in accordance with the needs of the people we support.

Excellent organisational skills are essential, and experience of working with service users, carers, statutory and voluntary agencies will be of huge benefit. We are looking for a self-motivated, passionate and outgoing individual who can build on our current successes and work to maintain and grow our Side by Side service. The role reports directly to the Services Manager and will entail a high degree of independence and autonomy with the ability to report on task completion and challenges.

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Social Care, Dementia, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Worker, Community Care, Not For Profit, Healthcare Assistant, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Voluntary Sector, Care Assistant, Volunteering Officer, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer Recruitment, etc.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative practitioner to lead the delivery and development of an exciting new pan London project for young women. The project is a unique partnership project bringing together 12 leading VAWG organisations in London. We require an individual with strong co-ordinating and leadership skills to ensure that there is cohesive and consistent practice and delivery across this unique Pan-London service.

You will be required to co-ordinate, plan and develop the pan-London service. You will hold responsibility for monitoring, evaluation, performance management and data collection of the service as well as reporting to key stakeholders and commissioners. You will also need to ensure smooth delivery of outputs and outcomes across the partnership as well as facilitating regular partnership meetings and advocate forums.

This is a fast-paced role, delivered through an intersectional feminist framework, offering a unique opportunity for a highly skilled, efficient and dynamic co-ordinator to play a pivotal role in this London consortium project.

This post will be based in Shepherds Bush (the role includes travel across London).

This role is funded by Mayors Office for Policing and Crime.

WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, support and supervision, access to CPD training & an Employee Assistance Programme.

Interviews to be held on 18th December 2019.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS checks.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

We are looking for a new Course Nurse to be responsible for all medical and care needs during our residential courses.

The National Children's Choir of Great Britain meets twice a year for residential choir courses for children aged 9 - 19. The choir was founded with the aim of enhancing a young singer’s experience, both musically and socially, and this has remained at the core of our approach. The care of the choir member is holistic; musically, young voices are given the opportunity to develop outside their usual singing environments, and great care is taken to teach singers how to use these voices safely. Personally, NCCGB is an opportunity for members to learn and make new friends, in a supportive atmosphere that focuses on the individual and their wellbeing.

A team of pastoral carers looks after all aspects of choristers well-being during the courses and we are now looking for a Course Nurse to work with this team, reporting to the Head of Pastoral Care. 

Applicants must have demonstrable experience of working with children and young people, ideally in a residential setting.

All applicants must complete a Staff Application form, and provide this with a copy of their CV and a letter of application, stating why they feel they would be suitable for the job.

SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST (SCT)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title Addiction Counsellor

Salary Grade 5 - £26,000 - £29,500

Hours 37.5 hours a week.

2 x Part-time job shares would also be considered for suitable candidates.

Responsible to Therapeutic & Primary Programme Manager

Purpose of Post Support service users to achieve sustained abstinent recovery from problematic substance use.  To facilitate group therapy sessions and hold one-one support sessions with our clients.  To ensure the residents in SCT’s accommodation are secure and maintain their tenancy as part of the therapeutic practice.

Location Spitalfields Crypt Trust, The Recovery Hub, 116 - 118 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JN

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT)

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity providing practical help, support and training to people who have been homeless and suffering from addiction. It runs a homeless drop-in, supported houses, a Recovery Hub which is abstinence based centre comprising of Day Programme and an Aftercare Programme and two social enterprises supporting people in recovery from addictions to put their lives back together.

Set up over 50 years ago, the charity was one of the first in the UK to provide shelter to homeless, alcoholic men.

In employment we actively seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates.  We select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of the organisation.  (Sources - Equal Opportunities Policy 2.2 (i) and (v)).

The Spitalfields Crypt Trust is a growing organisation with opportunities for people with good motivational skills and high levels of initiative.

The Role

You will facilitate and co-facilitate group sessions including relapse prevention, psycho education, and 12 step and process groups. You will also manage a small case load of clients from the programme offering regular one to one interventions.

The role will require you to participate in regular team meetings with colleagues within our supported housing team. You will also be required to liaise with external agencies and work creatively to provide the most appropriate treatment plans for clients with complex needs.

You will also be required to facilitate up to two evening aftercare groups per month.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Undertake assessment of individuals entering the service through various referral sources.
• Develop, facilitate and review a group work programme which meets the needs our clients. These might include dual diagnosis, trauma, cross addiction, criminal justice issues and various types of substance use.
• Provide a holistic package of care to individuals which meets their needs and includes working with colleagues in our other departments to help them with diversionary activities, employment, training and education.
• Work with the Supported Housing team to ensure people are safe, secure and maintain their tenancy - and are ready to move on to independent living.
• Provide a range of one to one interventions that might include MI, Person Centred Care, CBT, DBT and Trauma work.
• Manage a case load of individuals with a wide spectrum of needs.
• Assist individuals to understand the effects and benefits of any medication prescribed for them and the importance of complying with their treatment regime. This might include liaison with pharmacists, Doctors ad Psychiatrists for monitoring purposes.
• Provide psycho education to raise awareness and understanding of substances and their effects.
• Provide onward referral and liaison with wrap around support within SCT to enable our service users to achieve social integration and personal development.

Client Management

• To coordinate and carry out assessment of new clients and the referral and acceptance process, ensuring that each client has a programme appropriate to his/her particular needs.
• Conduct joint 3,6 and 9 month reviews with colleagues from supported housing.
• To provide group and individual counselling as required by the project.

Operational Support:

• Comply with all monitoring and evaluation information as required.

General Responsibilities

• Engage and inspire people in recovery.
• To ensure a safe and secure environment for clients, free, in particular, from alcohol and drugs, and from abusive behaviour and exploitation.
• Ensure that all SCT activities are carried out with due regard to health & safety legislation, SCT policy and good practice. 
• Work within the policies and procedures of SCT.

• Implement the Equal Opportunities Policy, understanding its implication in the development of services to clients.
• Attend regular supervision sessions.
• Attend meetings within and on behalf of SCT as appropriate.
• Undertake other tasks consistent with the post or as delegated by your line manager.

Strategic Excellence

• Be an effective role model, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Work collaboratively with Recovery Hub team.
• To ensure you are kept up to date with developments within the sector, thus enhancing  your knowledge and practice
• To capture the outcomes of primary programme with all monitoring and evaluation methods that are required by your line manager, in order to capture the impact of SCT work, whilst ensuring the voice of SCT clients are heard.

Qualifications and Experience

ESSENTIAL:

• Educated to degree level in recovery, addiction, counselling or social work studies
• 2 years’ experience of therapeutic work with people in recovery.
• 2 years’ experience of one to one counselling.
• A solid working understanding of 12 step facilitation, CBT, MI, Relapse Prevention techniques and other interventions applicable to working with people in recovery.
• Experience of delivering group work.
• Experience of delivering therapeutic group work within a 12-step and non 12 step context.
• Experience of encouraging individuals to reflect on their behaviour (consequences and risks), recognise the benefits and potential for change and providing support and encouragement to help individuals achieve change positively within an abstinent community.
• When necessary the ability to challenge people and ensure healthy psycho-social boundaries are observed.
• Assisting individuals to identify their requirements and priorities. Identify explore and assess a range of options for our service users and select and agree on an appropriate course of action.
• Using effective support systems and networks to develop own knowledge and practice.
• Principles of confidentiality of information.
• The ability to understand and work with other people’s points of view, values and beliefs.
• The ability to change working techniques based on new information or evidence.
• Able to encourage others to express their views, feelings and wishes.
• Uses and follows known procedures to identify and solve problems.
• Confidently contributes to debate within the staff team.
• Promotes SCT by their own standards of conduct.
• Adopts an active role within the team.
• Encourages, values and respects contributions from other team members
• Good Written and Oral communication skills
• Good IT skills.
• Able to work within an organisation that holds Christian ideals of forgiveness, grace and love for the individual at its heart.

DESIRABLE:

• A MSc in Addiction or Counselling studies
• Knowledge of local services and geography.
• Knowledge of homelessness sector, social housing and the benefits system.
• Experience of working in a pluralistic recovery environment.
• Experience of working with homeless people and people with complex needs.

This Job Description should be read in conjunction with SCT’s Mission Statement and the Background Statement for this project.

Purpose of Role 
We are seeking an experienced Individual Giving specialist to join the English National Ballet Development team who will be responsible for the strategic development and delivery of the ENB’s giving schemes (Friends, Great Friends and Patrons) with a £700k target for 2020/21. You will need ambition to drive new business and reach new audiences, now the Company has moved to a spectacular new home in London City Island, Canning Town. You will also be responsible for promoting Gifts in Wills across the ENB’s overall supporter base. You will be part of an expanding fundraising team raising £3m, now stepping up to meet the ambition of this world class ballet company.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven track record of fundraising from individuals through regular giving schemes, and of raising and stewarding gifts of five figures and above.
• Understanding of membership schemes and of HMRC and Gift Aid regulations.
• Experience of working to targets and developing long-term strategies for support from individuals. 
• Experience or understanding of promoting legacy giving through Gifts in Wills.
• Experience of working with donors, supporters and volunteers.
• Line management experience or ability to show an aptitude to nurture and develop talent in team members and/or volunteers.
• Knowledge of relationship and/or ticketing databases, Tessitura or similar.

Skills and Abilities

• Good influencing and negotiating skills, focussed on making well-considered (business) decisions.
• Clear, confident communication (strong-verbal and written) and active listening skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at a senior level with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Efficient time management ability to multitask against strict deadlines, with a focussed and calm approach.
• Proficient use of the general suite of Microsoft Office Programmes (Outlook, Word, Excel), and Adobe Acrobat.

Mind Set

• Professional and ethical approach in all aspects of your work as an ambassador for the Company.
• Positive enthusiasm for ENB’s vision and the performing arts generally.
• Effective in balancing work and life demands.

Job Details

Salary 
£33,000 - £35,000 per annum, dependant on experience.

Hours of working 
Normal office hours are 10 am to 6 pm over weekdays.  Evening and weekend work will occasionally be required.

Normal place of work 
English National Ballet, 41 Hopewell Square, London E14 0QL.

Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 16 December 2019

Selection Process: Interviews are likely to commence on 17 December 2019, please let us know if you are not available on this date.

For more information on how to apply please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Centre for London is a think tank and a and charity focused on London’s critical challenges. Through this opportunity you will gain a better understanding of how urban policy is created and shaped in a global city, how a successful events programme is run, as well as learning what is required to find and steward donors.

You will plan, deliver and fundraise for high-level conferences for London’s government, business and civic leaders, experts and citizens.In this role you will lead delivery of our flagship event, The London Conference, as well as developing and delivering other large and medium scale events. 

This role would best suit someone who already has a good level of experience in event management and is able to take on a high level of responsibility for projects.We will be ramping up our delivery of conferences in 2020-2021, so experience delivering large scale events is strongly desired. We don’t ask that you are an expert in London policy issues – though some understanding of would be helpful – but you will need to be able to learn quickly, think creatively and communicate effectively.

This is either a four day or full-time role; we are supportive of flexible working.

Full details of the role can be found in the job description. If you meet the criteria in the person specification and are excited about this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from people without the right to work in the UK.  

Closing date Monday 13th January 9am. 

About us

The Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) is the leading charity dedicated to fighting primary bone cancer. Our mission is to save lives and improve outcomes through research, information, awaress and support. In July 2019 we were awarded 'National Healthcare & Medical Reseach Charity of the Year' at the national Charity Awards and earlier in the year the Yorkshire & Humber Institute of Fundraising awarded our Fundraising & Communications Team with 'Fundraising Team of the Year'. We are a small but incredibly passionate and driven organisation that is proud and supportive of our people - together we make the biggest impact for our community. 

The Role

The Challenge Events Fundraising Officer will contribute to the overall fundraising strategy by delivering a programme of activities that maximise income generation and recruitment and retention of supporters for the Bone Cancer Research Trust.

You will operate as a key member of the Challenge Events Team and will have the opportunity to explore new exciting opportunities for the charity. You will also lead on existing events which form part of our core income programme and help grow our expanding portfolio of Challenge Events.

To deliver on our strategy through to 2022 we need to ensure we deliver high quality, meaningful events that help meet our income and charitable objectives. This role will have a direct impact on the primary bone cancer community through Challenge Events by empowering and involving patients, carers, friends, relatives, healthcare professionals and researchers.

About You

The ideal candidate will bring experience of successfully building events fundraising streams through different challenges and bespoke events as well developing meaningful relationships with professional event organisers. They will be results-orientated with a passion for first-class supporter care. They will build excellent working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders as they pull together new ideas for events that will help to ultimately save lives.

As we are a small team, a team-player attitude is a must, as well as a positive and can-do approach.

If you have excellent communication and event management skills, a natural ability to liaise with stakeholders, and determination to succeed, we would like to hear from you.

Application Process

1. Application Form & CV submission closing date: 11th December
2. Interviews W/C 16th December

For more details please see the full Job Description. 

Project Manager – Supported Living (Ref: ISSKPM-1219)
Salary: £24,905.66 per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 per week
Contract: Permanent (including days, evenings, occasional waking nights and some weekends)

Are you organised, driven and eager to contribute to the development of high-quality services for people with learning disabilities? Look no further! 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and adaptable manager to assist with the management of two small supported living projects supporting adults with learning disabilities. 

Working alongside the Senior Support Worker and a team of Support Workers, you will provide excellent person centred care to ensure the tenants’ wellbeing, enabling independent and fulfilled living. This will involve supporting service users to take part in a range of meaningful and fun group activities, develop friendships and access services, as well as support with all aspects of day-to-day living.  This may include working in partnership with family and advocates, where possible and appropriate. 

This is a valuable opportunity to have a positive impact on the life of the people we support, by taking responsibility for encouraging a culture of respect and dignity, providing supervision and clear management to a team of Support Workers, as well as developing and implementing care plans designed to provide meaningful choice and support to tenants.

We are looking for someone with prior experience of supporting people with high and complex needs, who will instil a culture of continuous improvement, transparency, self-reflection and respect for those in need of support, through dialogue with service users, their families, advocates and others. The right candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record in motivating and developing staff, alongside an understanding of leadership in social care and excellent interpersonal skills.  Ideally they will also have experience of PMLD, mental health and complex care conditions, as well as providing and planning end of life care support.

How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following: “Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”. Please ensure you refer to the person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria.

We would also appreciate if you could complete a diversity monitoring form.

Closing date: 5th January 2020

Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.

We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy. 

Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889

Simplified Recruitment is a Job Advertising Agency working on behalf of Centre 404. By applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your CV and covering letter to a third party in relation to recruitment. A full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website.

 Ref: SR506449

Events & Marketing Manager

You will help to create a strategic marketing approach to develop further interest in these products and to further develop this work.

Events & Marketing Manager Responsibilities:

You will lead on and develop the marketing and event planning for the Insights team. This role will lead on two projects. The first is our general knowledge share project which supports around 1,500 people a year through our bespoke training events. The second complementary project is our national social prescribing knowledge share work, which is currently funded until August 2020 and aims to support the development of social prescribing throughout the UK and Ireland.

Events & Marketing Manager Requirements:

- Minimum of 2+ years’ experience working in a marketing and events role
- Demonstrable experience of strategic marketing and event management
- Experience in collaborating with partner organisations and engaging supporters
- Experience in creating content and utilising a variety of marketing channel
- Experience in working to project management principles
- Experience in handling agencies and suppliers
- High levels of computer literacy to include Office 365, Teams, PowerPoint, internet and databases

About Bromley by Bow Centre:

The Bromley by Bow Centre is a vibrant community charity in the heart of East London. It has a national and international reputation for its highly innovative approach which inspires and empowers local people to transform their lives. The Centre delivers an incredible range of projects based on a unique model that combines social entrepreneurship, the arts, learning, social support, horticulture and holistic and integrated health programmes.

Location: Based in our London Centre, with periodic travel to regional partners

Job type: Full Time, One Year Fixed Term Contract, with possible extension, 35 hours per week

Salary: £28,000 to £31,000 per annum

Benefits: 27 days holiday plus 3 days for Christmas plus Bank Holidays; an extra day off for your birthday, pension contribution

Deadline: Monday 16th December 2020 9:00 am

Interviews: Thursday 19th December 2020

You may have experience of the following: Events & Marketing Manager, Events Manager, Marketing Manager, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Specialist, Content Writer, Campaign Manager, Event Coordinator, Project Manager, Project Management Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 90661

This new and exciting role will be responsible for engaging and driving whole community engagement through delivering training, seminars and VAWG Awareness and Resilience Programs. The successful candidate will be experienced in developing and delivering creative VAWG prevention programs and confident to successfully engage YWG’s in a wide range of settings. (Schools, colleges, youth programs, YOTS, music venues and festivals) to raise awareness, challenge and positively influence the attitudes and behaviours that normalise VAWG in this peer group. You will receive specialist training on delivering VAWG Resilience Programs that build psychological and emotional resilience in YWG’s to strengthen protective factors to promote positive mental and emotional well-being in YWG’s.

A key aspect of your role will be to establish a thriving London-wide ‘Experts by Experience’ (EbyE) advisory panel. You will therefore be skilled in nurturing and developing YWG’s voice and active engagement within such forums. You will be skilled at working alongside young women with an acute awareness of how to successfully co-create and co-deliver training packages to professionals and the wider community, thus centralising YWG’s as the leaders and change agents in the project. 

This post will be based in Shepherds Bush (and includes travel across London).

This role is funded by Mayors Office for Policing and Crime.

WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement, support and supervision, access to CPD training & an Employee Assistance Programme.

Interviews to be held on Tuesday 17th December 2019.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS checks.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

Groupwork+ is an exciting and challenging project at SurvivorsUK. It builds on the success of our Groupwork pilot to meet the needs of more men, boys, non-binary and trans people across a wider area of London, reaching more diverse communities. Groupwork+ helps clients with complex and high support needs, including those for whom generic services don’t work.

You will need to be a highly skilled groupwork facilitator with experience of dealing with highly vulnerable clients, willing to work flexibly and on your own initiative. Importantly, you will be a compassionate person able to blend therapeutic work with practical support and care.

We are looking for practitioners of all approaches and modalities to work as part of our team. Experience of working with men, young people, LGBT+ and survivors of sexual abuse and violence is desirable, but not essential, as training will be provided.

If you are a counsellor/psychotherapist/or equivalent who is committed to work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma and who is excited to operate as a key part of a small dynamic and creative-thinking team, then we would be delighted to hear from you. We welcome applicants from all gender identities.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Clearance

Interviews to be held between 9am-1pm, Friday 20th December

SurvivorsUK is also recruiting a Support Counsellor, see our website for further details

 

LBWP is looking for an experienced Young Women and Girls' Advocate with an in-depth understanding of the specific needs of BME* young women experiencing multiple disadvantage as a result of experiencing VAWG.

You will deliver holistic, YWGs centred, individualised care pathways rooted in gender informed, trauma focused, integrated care packages that address multiple areas of disadvantage including mental health challenges, problematic substance use, homelessness etc. holistic, high-intensity care pathways from a multi-disciplinary team.

You will be well versed in advocating on behalf you YWG to multi-agency services to ensure support, protection and choice for the YWG you represent thus improving access and response from partner agencies to YWG.

You will have experience of working with YWG with high-risk presentations, including self-injury and suicidal risk and adept at providing crises support and more in-depth work that cultivate self-protective factors and meaningful interventions and strategies that aim to reduce and mitigate risk.

This post is funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.

To apply, please download the Job Description and Application Form. 

Deadline for Applications: Monday 16th December

Interviews: Wednesday 18th December

It is a genuine occupational requirement that the person appointed to this post identifies as BME* and is female, as set down in Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

*i.e. women who originate from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, including the indigenous peoples of Australasia, the Americas and the islands of the Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans.

What the job involves

Supporting the Head of Business Support, you will provide a business partnering service, and business-focused financial reporting services. Specific duties will include helping Directorates understand their business needs, providing insightful analysis and commentaries, producing monthly financial information and analysis (e.g. management accounts and KPIs), assisting with procurement and contracts, providing training and support during the forecast and budget processes and helping the charity achieve the best value for money.

What we want from you

With a degree or equivalent qualification, you will be at least a qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) and or at least part qualified studying towards full qualification. We are looking for someone who can provide effective and insightful business partnering support across multiple directorates, who can provide effective financial analysis and has great communication skills.

Why work for us?

We have a simple ambition – to stop men dying from prostate cancer.Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support, we can make prostate cancer a disease the next generation of men need not fear. Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and a season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

Systems Developer

Context

Technology plays a crucial role in enabling CAP's critical, poverty-busting work here in the UK and in our international operations. We are trusted to develop solutions to CAP's changing needs and to support staff and our partner churches to seize opportunities offered by the rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Purpose

The role of the systems developer is to develop and maintain bespoke internal web applications to support the work of CAP’s head office and frontline teams. This involves working in a fast paced development team on systems that support our debt counselling work, our partnerships with churches/individuals and our other services, for example CAP Job Clubs.

Passion

We are passionate about using our technical skills to provide the CAP family with generous IT support and excellent solutions. Through this, we enable our staff and partner churches to serve our clients better and help deliver CAP's vision to see the UK church serving and including those most in need.

Personality

We are an adaptable team operating in a fast-changing environment, who love technology and helping people do their jobs. We are dedicated and hardworking, fuelled by cake, biscuits and cups of tea.

Role

Accountabilities

• To work across different internal systems as the organisational needs change and grow.

• To work closely with others in the development team and our internal clients to ensure that developments and bug fixes meet the requirements and needs of our teams.

• To develop high quality, maintainable code that is testable, well commented and in line with the latest standards on security, data protection and coding best practice.

• Ensure each development improves code quality metrics.

• To ensure knowledge is shared across the IT team.

• To actively participate in code reviews, walkthroughs and design discussions.

• Stay up to date with developments in technology and systems development best practice to apply to development of CAP systems.

• To escalate any technical issues, concerns or development hold ups to the Senior Systems Developer or technical lead on the project.

• To actively participate in architecture, technical strategy and process improvement discussions.

Measurable Outputs

• Work completed to scope in agreed timescales

• Achieve agree customer satisfaction results with internal IT systems

• Achieve targeted percentage accuracy of estimates and plans.

Culture

• Clearly live out and embrace the cultural values of CAP.

• Clearly demonstrate a heart and passion for the charity.

• Sincere acceptance, understanding and practice of the Christian ethos and purpose of the Charity.

Other responsibilities include

• Being willing to pray with staff and be fully engaged with our Christ centered  culture.

• To encourage friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer program, and other fundraising initiatives.

• Attendance at annual CAP staff conferences 

The above job profile is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances. 

Person

Education

• Degree level or equivalent vocational training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of software development concepts and practices

• Experience of having to work using your own initiative

• Good knowledge of email, browser / web and database technologies

• Experience of using and applying software development concepts and practices

•  Experience working to a deadline.

Desirable

• Experience with various operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux) as well as an excellent knowledge of email, browser / web and database technologies

• Experience of working in a development team, as well as working alone.

• Charity sector experience

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript/jQuery, CSS

• Technically minded and adaptable

• Excellent communication at all levels including the ability to clearly communicate technical information.

• Ability to develop relationships with other teams and managers.

• Ability to solve problems, make quick decisions and to work in a proactive manner

• A logical thinker, able to work well under pressure

• Excellent problem solving, analytical and evaluation skills.

• Able to hold a good balance between detail and the ‘big picture’, with a great level of organisational awareness.

Christian Commitment:

• The candidate must be able to give both verbal assent to and practical demonstration of Christians Against Poverty’s Statement of Faith and Core Values

• Must be able to actively participate in prayer and worship, whether individual, small group or corporately, as an expression of own personal faith and in line with CAP’s Statement of Faith.

All adults working in, or on behalf of the CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes: A responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP Services can be delivered. Identify children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns and to follow the CAP Safeguarding Policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.