UpRising are recruiting for a full-time Senior Programme Manager to be responsible for managing and supporting the delivery of our Birmingham programmes for a minimum fixed-term of 9 months.

About UpRising:

Our mission is to open up the pathways to leadership for talented young adults from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds and to equip them with the knowledge, networks, skills and confidence to fulfil their leadership potential, find new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.

The Role:

We are looking for an inspiring and motivated individual looking to make a tangible difference in the lives of young people from diverse and underrepresented communities. This role will manage and support the delivery of our Birmingham programmes as well as build our networks locally. Responsibilities include but are not limited to programme planning, budget management, stakeholder management and supporting the programme coordinators where necessary. 

The successful applicant will need to undergo a DBS check, and will need to be able to travel to, or be based in, Birmingham. For the full details of this position (including job descriptions, competencies and how to apply), download our job pack.

Please be advised this is a maternity cover role and therefore the contract we are offering is fixed-term only.

We encourage all candidates to apply early as we may close applications before the deadline.

Important application details:

Application deadline: 8:59AM Monday 4th November 2019

Interview date: Monday 11th November 2019

To Apply: 

1. Please send your Cover Letter and CV through our online portal.

2. For diversity monitoring, we also request that you fill in our Equal Ops Form,

Please note that we may contact suitable applicants before this date so you are encouraged to apply early.

National Programme Manager, Disrupting Exploitation (maternity cover)

Maternity cover fixed term contract, which is estimated to end in January 2021. 37 hours per week. £47,759 per annum.

Location. The preferred location for this role is London, but other Disrupting Exploitation delivery locations will be considered. These are Birmingham and Manchester.

This role sits within our children and families directorate. The role of National Programme Manager is a high-profile role, both internally and externally. If successful, you'll be managing an ambitious and innovative team. You have overall responsibility for the line management of 20 members of staff within the Disrupting Exploitation Programme and two members of staff who are part of Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme.

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run national programmes and local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

We are currently looking for an experienced team manager, with a passion for systems change to join our dynamic, ambitious team. The Disrupting Exploitation Programme works both one-to-one with young people and on systems change. Our systems change work is focused on the policies, procedures, contexts and cultures around young people to improve the response to children in comparable situations in the future

A key part of this role will be your ability to lead and manage a diverse and ambitious team, be an organisational spokesperson on child exploitation and be relied on as a subject matter expert in the field of child exploitation.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Knowledge and understanding of the protection of vulnerable young people and safe

-An understanding of leading and managing continuous improvement in a changing funding and policy context.

-Understanding the principles of systems change as applied within children's policy.

-Experience of developing brilliant, sustaining and well functioning relationships and partnerships with external organisations and individuals

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. Please note this will be sent to candidates prior to interview.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 22nd of November. Interviews will be held on Thursday 12th December.

Background

Our mission is simple: to get refugees cycling! We are a community of cyclists, refugees, mechanics and volunteers. We collect donations of second-hand bikes, fix them together at our workshop, and then donate them to asylum seeking refugees. We have donated nearly 5,500 bikes to date. A proportion of the bikes that we receive are sold to the public through our online shop to generate income for the charity and ensure our long-term sustainability.

The Bike Project is a charity going through a significant period of growth as we address increased demand for our services and our social enterprise. This full time position is required to coordinate our service delivery in Birmingham as we grow bike donations and sales. We are looking for someone who can help us pursue our charitable mission and sustain our commitment to support refugees throughout the UK.

What it is like to work here

The Bike Project is a fun, interesting and supportive place for you to grow and professionally develop in the charity and social enterprise sectors. You will report to the West Midlands Operations Manager and you will have a high level of autonomy as you bring your expertise in administration and coordination to our already highly specialized team.

We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and those who have personal experience of being a refugee. The Bike Project is a Living Wage accredited employer.

Job purpose

This role is responsible for coordinating service delivery for The Bike Project in the West Midlands, Supported by the wider operations team, you will work on a variety of projects including bike collections, donations, Pedal Power and Bike Buddies and take a lead at our weekly bike donation sessions for refugees The post holder will be expected to maintain a good working knowledge of The Bike Project’s programmes, products and policies and maintain good working relationships with a variety of external stakeholders.

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for administrative duties and tasks to support the day to day operations of the social enterprise and charity. 
• Coordinate a smooth working environment through the management of IT and telephone infrastructure and support contracts, oversee general maintenance and implement fire, health and safety recommendations.
• Provide high quality support to beneficiaries, including the resolution and closure of complex queries with minimal supervision.
• Assist in the coordination of weekly bike donation sessions in the West Midlands as well as other events and activities from time to time.
• Assist with organizing calendars, events and training for the staff team
• Maintain good relationships with key stakeholders in the region, including suppliers, supporters, referral partners, customers and beneficiaries.
• Contribute to the development of operating procedures, under guidance from the West Midlands Operations Manager.
• Handle large volumes of sensitive data using multiple platforms including our CRM system (Salesforce), and ensure that data protection and filing systems are adhered to at all times.
• Assist with the management and retention of volunteers.
• Conduct all duties in a manner that is non-judgmental
• Perform any other reasonable duties on an ad hoc basis as required by the charity.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent English language skills (both written and oral) are essential for this role. Additional language skills (preferably Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Tigrigna French or Amharic) will be considered beneficial.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of delivering administrative support, preferably within the retail or charity sector.
• Experience of coordinating projects and activities, to meet targets and objectives within a strategic framework.
• Experience of managing external stakeholders and a demonstrated ability to cultivate and maintain good working relationships.
• High level of organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and a thorough and systematic approach to diagnosing and solving problems.
• Excellent interpersonal awareness and communication skills with the ability to listen and understand the needs of others and to inspire stakeholders to donate bikes to The Bike Project.
• Knowledge of the refugee sector in the UK, and a passion and enthusiasm for making a difference to the lives of refugees.
• Experience of working or volunteering for a charitable organization is seen as beneficial. 
• Previous experience of coordinating volunteers is beneficial.
• An ability to conduct all duties in a manner that is non-judgmental and respects differences.
• Advocate for cycling who shares The Bike Project’s values and ethos, and is committed to The Bike Project’s vision.

Working conditions

This job will include working from time to time with vulnerable people in sometimes challenging situations, as such, a DBS basic disclosure will be required. Some travel to our head office in London will be required from time to time.

Physical requirements

None.

Direct reports

Volunteers.

Application Process

All candidates must provide a CV and covering letter (no longer than one page in length) that addresses the person specification and states how you heard about this job opportunity. 

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 1st December. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 4th and Friday 6th December at The Old Print Works, Birmingham, B12 9AH.

Please direct all enquiries to Sarah Goss, West Midlands Operations Manager.

Engineering matters. It underpins our daily lives, drives economic growth, plays a critical role in addressing major societal challenges and helps ensure our readiness for the future, from providing a sustainable supply of food, water and clean energy, to advancing healthcare, and keeping us safe and secure.

As the UK’s national Academy for engineering and technology, the Royal Academy of Engineering brings together the most talented and successful engineers – our Fellows – to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of society.

Our education programmes team is currently recruiting for a STEM Education Programme Manager who will be based in the West Midlands area. The post holder will be responsible for developing and delivering a significant STEM education programme in secondary schools and further education colleges in the West Midlands region, with the aim to inspire and support the next generation of engineers and technicians. 

The programme is funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is one of a number of programmes developed as a tribute to the late Lord Bhattacharyya CBE FREng FRS, founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group. You will have a demonstrable track record of success in the management and delivery of STEM education programmes and an understanding of the current 11-18 school and college systems in the West Midlands. 

Possessing excellent project management and administrative skills, you will be a self-starter who has the ability to work on your own initiative. You will also have an interest in the education of young people and a commitment to widening participation in engineering education.

In return, we offer an unrivalled package of benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme, BUPA cash plan, private medical insurance, subsidised restaurant (when in the London office), regular social activities, health and wellbeing programmes and the possibility of flexible working, as well as significant investment into your personal and professional development. You will be based in the West Midlands area with the post being a combination of home-working and working from the Warwick Manufacturing Group where hot-desking facilities will be available. Regular travel to the Academy's headquarters, based in a prestigious location opposite St James's Park in London will be required for which travel expenses will be reimbursed.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 3pm on Tuesday, 19th November 2019.

Interviews will be held at the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, on Thursday, 28th November 2019.

A DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check will be required for this role.

In recognition of our continued dedication to workplace diversity and inclusion, the Academy has been named one of the Inclusive Top 50 Employers in the UK. We are also a Disability Confident Committed employer.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity and different perspectives that people from diverse backgrounds bring to their work. It is the Academy's policy to ensure that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged or receives less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations in this exciting newly created role, you will be working with the Investor Relations Manager to contribute to the expansion of Reall’s funding base.  This will be achieved by attracting new finance from major institutional donors (amongst others) and managing the relationships you build.

We develop, refine and share innovative housing models that unlock the political will, capital investment and end-user finance needed to create the conditions for hard- working families in Africa and Asia to secure their own home.  

We do this because affordable homes not only provide a fundamental human right, they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean water and air, renewable energy and socioeconomic justice. We believe that the best way to realise this future is by working in open collaboration using an open-source approach, so that the best ideas can be adapted and adopted around the world. You will be part of building an affordable homes movement that will improve the lives of 100 million people across Africa and Asia by 2030.

This role will be based in Coventry, though it may require occasional international travel. You will be working 35 hours per week, with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break, and office hours are 9am to 5pm.  We are open to flexible working patterns, subject to the objectives and outcomes of the role being met.  We are a small team (35 people) who achieve big things!

For more information please visit Reall's website.

Key Responsibilities:

• Secure new large-scale finance through researching and progressing funding opportunities
• Programme and proposal design, bid writing, pitching and developing performance measurements, in line with the wider fundraising strategy
• Initiate, develop and maintain strong relations with potential funders
• Manage funder due diligence assessments, monitor progress against agreed funder targets, fulfil funder reporting requirements, and ensure compliance with other contractual obligations
• Monitor trends and opportunities across institutional donors, major foundations and the impact investing sector
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of stakeholder needs within the institutional donor, major foundations and impact investing space
• Contribute to the ongoing development and revision of Reall’s fundraising and funder relations strategy
• Lead on designated networking and presenting opportunities
• Develop, maintain and update effective CRM / management information system

Person Specification:

Education:A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification

Experience:At least four years’ experience in major fundraising and funder relationship management within the international development space

Key Competencies:

Essential

• Experience of securing funding from and working with major institutional donors, large foundations and/or multilateral bodies
• Proven experience of proposal development, bid writing and pitching, grant contract management, funder reporting and monitoring
• Effective relationship manager
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent computer literacy including word-processing, databases, spreadsheets
• Strong research skills
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
• Understanding of and experience in the international development sector

Desirable

• Understanding of the social enterprise and impact investment space
• Experience of financial services products

Personal Qualities:

• Great communicator
• Systematic and thorough 
• Learning attitude
• Conscientious and responsible
• Constructive, flexible and helpful 
• Culturally sensitive
• Works well under pressure
• Innovative and entrepreneurial
• Able to work with minimal supervision, use initiative and drive results
• Able to prioritise own workload and to see a task through from start to finish

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Our housing, education, employment, wellbeing and mental health services help people leave homelessness. As well as one-to-one support, advice and courses we offer for homeless people in 11 areas across England, Scotland and Wales.

Crisis Skylight Coventry deliver centre based and outreach services for people who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless. This is an exciting time in the development of the Skylight as the coverage of service delivery expands to reach even more homeless people in the city.

About the role
As Volunteer Coordinator, you will recruit, train, support & manage the volunteering offer at Crisis Skylight Coventry & Warwickshire. Working closely with staff in a multi-disciplinary team, you will be the key person in ensuring our volunteers, both external and our own members, have a fulfilling and worthwhile volunteering experience with us.

You will also play a crucial role in our Crisis at Christmas project, recruiting, training and managing volunteers to deliver a high-quality project for our guests. You will also be part of the wider volunteer coordinator network at Crisis and actively contribute to and implement the national volunteering strategy.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have extensive experience of developing volunteering programmes that include a wide range of volunteering roles and opportunities. You will have a good understanding of volunteering best practice and be able to apply that knowledge to local services.

You will have excellent people skills with experience of building relationships with staff to inspire them to provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to engage whilst captivating audiences externally to join Crisis in its plan to end homelessness.

You will be known for your problem-solving skills and creative thinking to meet the needs of a fast paced service but most importantly you will have a passion for wanting to end homelessness.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days (Pro rata)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: 24 November 2019
Interviews will be held on Thursday 5 December 2019

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Project Coordinator - Hoarding 

Salary £22,238 - £24,986

Birmingham - covering Castle Vale ward and Sutton Coldfield

Full Time

Fixed Term to 30 September 2021

Our client is building a new team of dedicated and passionate people to deliver a new and exciting wellbeing project in the Sutton Coldfield and Castle Vale areas of Birmingham.

• Are you committed to improving the wellbeing of people with complex needs?

• Are you empathetic, sensitive and committed to taking a personalised approach? 

• Do you have experience of working with people affected by self-neglect or  hoarding disorder? 

• Are you organised, innovative and motivated? 

If so they would love to hear from you.

Working with some of the most vulnerable adults in the local area, often at times of crisis, their project aims to provide support and services that will improve lives whilst growing important networks around the people that need them most.

Working as part of the Wellbeing First team, the successful candidate will lead on their exciting Hoarding pilot, developing holistic approaches to supporting people affected by hoarding and/or self-neglect which may escalate to hoarding behaviours.

Due to the nature of the project there may be occasions when evening or weekend work is required. 

Applications should be submitted no later than midday on Friday 22nd November 2019.

Volunteer Co-ordinator

16 hours per week

£23,388 per annum pro rate - £10,113.73 per annum actual for 16 hours per week

Birmingham

This is a permanent contract but funding for this post will end on 1 September 2021

Do you want to be part of a charity? Keen to be part of a new and innovative mental health and wellbeing service?

A fabulous opportunity has developed within The Children's Society for a volunteer coordinator .The successful Pause service run in Digbeth, to the campus The University of Birmingham, due to wining a grant from Office for Students (OfS) in partnership with the university and local NHS services

You will be part of 'Pause at University of Birmingham' service to create an innovative and unique mobile 'hub' of wellbeing practitioners and volunteers with mental health experience to provide interventions for students in comfortable, open-plan safe-spaces. The Hub will utilise early-intervention approaches to enhance student mental health and wellbeing on campus, allowing students to timely and flexibly access to support, and the help they need. No waiting list? Students can just drop in.

The volunteer coordinator role seeks someone:

-Who is motivated to recruit, encourage and support people for the community to want to work with 18- 24 years old to support with wellbeing and mental health issue.

-Passionate about mental health and wellbeing

-Is creative in creating a diversity volunteer team

-Able to work 16 hours a week

-Happy to work in a fast paced environment and has good computer Skills.

-The post will be based at the University of Birmingham.

-Please note we will not be able to accept any student university of Birmingham student to this post. Two week annual leave will have to be taken when the university closes.

In this post, you will work alongside other coordinators with The Children's Society to ensure that a good training package is provided to volunteers along with supervisions. The service will provide you will regular supervision, and you will work within a rewarding environment where you can leave work each day knowing you have made a difference to the lives of students.

If you are interest in the volunteer coordinator please apply following the link; If you would like to find out any more information about this role, please email Joanne Gill on [email protected]

Closing Date Midnight on 20th November

Interview date TBC

Volunteer Co-ordinator (Part Time, Contract)
Office-based in Kings Heath, Birmingham (with travel throughout the Sandwell area) 
£8.57 per hour Plus Paid Mileage

About Us

Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary service to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a Volunteer Co-ordinator to join our team on a part time basis for a contract until the 31st January 2021.

You’ll discover that we make a difference every day and support those who need us the most. Utilising the generous gift of time that our volunteers donate, we strive to improve the lives of older people and particularly those who have become isolated or are in, or are just returning home from, hospital.

The Role

As a Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of our Supporting Your Recovery service to older residents of the Sandwell area who are leaving hospital or have recently been discharged.

The service may support people with nutrition and hydration information and chair-based exercises to support a successful discharge and also supports engagement with patients’ communities and activities of interest. The service also supports those who have experienced a health crisis to enable them to live independently at home.

The overall aim of the service is to reduce recovery times and readmissions. Volunteers who deliver the service will also seek to impact upon feelings of loneliness and isolation that may be felt after prolonged stays in hospital.

Some of your duties will involve:

- Supporting the recruitment and co-ordination of volunteers and their activities
- Meeting with older people in their homes and identifying how we can best support them
- Networking and building partnerships in the Sandwell area
- Ensuring we comply with key statutory standards
- Completing a range of admin tasks

About You

Interested? To be considered as a Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Relevant experience of working with volunteers and supporting and motivating them on a daily basis 
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 
- A great eye for detail 

This is a part time role, working 26.5 hours per week, Monday - Thursday 9.30am – 3pm and Fridays 9.30am – 2pm.

The closing date for applications is the 6th December 2019 with interviews scheduled for the 17th December 2019 in Kings Heath, Birmingham.

To apply for the role of Service Co-ordinator (Part Time, Contract), please apply via the button.

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

Other organisations may call this role Charity Service Co-ordinator, Community Support Co-ordinator, Hospital Services Co-ordinator, or Volunteer Support Co-ordinator.

In the UK alone, half a million children don’t have a safe or stable home. Great social workers can change this. That’s why Frontline recruits and develops outstanding individuals to be the difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families.

The Frontline programme is a unique route into social work. The programme will develop your leadership, conflict-resolution, and relationship-building skills to ensure you thrive in this dynamic and challenging role. Following a five-week residential training programme, you will spend two years working directly with children and families, placed in a local authority:

 In year 1, you will work as part of a unit of participants led by a consultant social worker. You will earn as you learn, receiving a tax-exempt bursary of up to £20,000, while undertaking over 200 days of work-based learning and 46 taught study days. At the end of the first year, you will qualify as a social worker.

In year 2, you will practice as a newly qualified social worker and receive leadership development training. You will work towards a fully-funded master’s degree as you earn a salary of £25,000 to £34,000.

Once you have completed the programme, you will join a community of outstanding leaders sharing your passion for leading social change. The skills you will learn will open doors to a wide range of social impact careers inside social work and beyond. 

What we’re looking for

In order to be eligible for our programme, you will need to have all of the following:

• Grade C or above in English Language and Maths at GCSE (or equivalent qualification)
• 2.1 or higher in an undergraduate honours degree (predicted or obtained) OR a 2.2 in an undergraduate honours degree plus a level 7 (i.e. master’s degree) qualification (predicted or obtained) OR an equivalent qualification
• Be eligible to reside and study in the UK for the duration of the programme. You must be a resident in England before the programme commences
• Competence in spoken and written English 

Throughout our six-stage selection process, we will assess your ability to become an outstanding children’s social worker against our competencies. More information on both our selection process and our competencies can be found on our website.

Many young people and families are facing challenges that seem insurmountable, but social work can make a significant positive difference in their lives. If you want to be that difference, then Frontline is for you.

Follow the link to our website to apply to join our 2020 cohort.

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

As Evaluation and Learning Specialist, you’ll be focused on leading the evaluation of Teach First’s teacher development programmes, including our flagship Teacher Training programme, our pilot Time to Teach Initial Teacher Training programme for career changers, and our new Early Career Teacher programme.

• Do you have In-depth knowledge and experience of evaluation techniques and research methods?
• Do you have experience designing and implementing evaluations using quantitative and quantitative research methods?
• Do you have excellent skills in collecting, managing, analysing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data and research?
• Do you have experience of commissioning and managing projects with external evaluators?
• Do you have excellent project management and stakeholder management skills?
• Can you effectively communicate complex evaluation and research findings to audiences in an understandable and usable manner?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Evaluation and Learning Specialist

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV and cover letter showing how you meet our essentials ready to upload.

To apply for a vacancy at Teach First you are required to complete an application on our careers website. If you are applying via an external job board you will be redirected to our careers website where you should complete your application. We will not progress any applications that have not been submitted in this way.

Projects & Performance Officer

Salary £21,000 - £23,000 per annum

Working Hours 37 hours per week (19 hours on Bridges and 11 hours on

Family Matters). This post is part funded by the European

Social Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund

Length of Contract Until March 2022

Location West Bromwich, B70 9SJ

Sandwell Consortium are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Projects & Performance Officer whose role will be to manage and support effective, efficient and high quality programme and project service delivery of employment support, ESOL , Advice and other community based services across Sandwell and the Black Country to those most in need and hardest to reach.

In particular we are looking for someone to support the management of Big Lottery & European funded Building Better Opportunities, Bridges and Family Matters, employment support programmes and Sandwell Council funded ESOL and Advice programmes.

The Consortium delivers primarily through its member organisations, and you will be responsible for supporting, managing and monitoring member delivery.

We are looking for someone:   

• With experience of and skills in planning, managing and monitoring projects and programmes with a range of targets, outputs, and outcomes to time and quality standards
• With the ability to process financial claims and monitor project budgets
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and plan workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Who is self-motivated, excellent communicator, and used to working in multi-disciplinary –multi agency partnerships.

Job description and person specification is available on our website.

To apply

Please send a comprehensive CV and a supporting letter (maximum three sides of A4) demonstrating your relevant skills and experience and how you meet the person specification.

Closing Date 5:00 pm Monday 11th November 2019

35 hours per week

Fixed-term contract until 31st January 2021

Location: Sandwell

Ref: 886

Cranstoun: Sandwell provides a range of services for those affected by drugs and alcohol. The preventative and self help approach of the service compliments the established treatment and recovery interventions delivered across the Borough ensuring the service caters for all levels of need.

You will be responsible for delivering all elements of substance misuse work including, case management, needle exchange, outreach, group work, access and engagement as well as other associated duties. You need to be committed to the recovery agenda and encouraging clients to utilise their recovery capital within their community and have group-work experience. There will be a requirement for evening work on Wednesday evening until 8pm on a rota basis.

Please see the attached document for further information relating to the Blue Light Project.

This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure plus checks against the Adult Barred List.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept CVs.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Working towards equality.

Registered Charity No. 1061582.

Street League work with young people, progressing them into employment, education and training by engaging them through football, fitness, dance fitness and multisports. We specialise in helping our participants (16-24 years’ olds from disadvantaged areas) progress from our unique sport/fitness and education programmes into sustainable employment, education and training.

We currently operate across the UK in 14 regions, including Greater London, the North East and North West of England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and extensively across Scotland.

We are recruiting a Youth & Community Sports Coach. The Youth & Community Sports Coach will work in partnership with the Progressions Coordinators in delivering and administering Street League’s core programmes in their specific local area.

You will be responsible for the delivery of multi-sports sessions as well as assisting of sports-related qualifications on the Street League Academy. The post involves outreach work and you will be responsible for recruiting participants and sustaining them on Street League’s programmes to ensure delivery targets are met. Monitoring and reporting are central to the role.