About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

Our England Portfolio

The National Lottery Community Fund manages 5 distinct funding portfolios: the UK portfolio, supporting work that spans the 4 countries, the Wales portfolio, The Scotland portfolio, The NI portfolio and the England portfolio.

Across its 5 portfolios, the National Lottery Community Fund commits over £500m every year. The England portfolio is by some measure the largest of the 5 portfolios with an annual commitment budget of over £400m.

The grant portfolio in England includes a small grant programme, for grants up to £10,000, a medium to large grant portfolio, for grants upwards of £10,000, and a portfolio of large, thematic investments.

As part of our transformation to working more closely to the communities we support, we have 6 regional teams across England, working across 6 regions: London, South East & Eastern, Midlands, North East & Cumbria, North-West, South-West and Yorkshire & Humber. Team members are dispersed, based in their local communities. The regional teams are mainly responsible for awarding and managing our grants over £10,000, but, crucially, are also responsible for developing the local understanding and local connections that will enable us to ensure that our funding makes the most difference to local people and communities. 

Relationships are at the core of the way the regional teams work; relationships with applicants, grant holders, other funders, local decision-makers and other stakeholders and, of course, the local communities that we are aiming to support.

Our local ways of working need to respond to the local context but remain sufficiently consistent across our organisation – we are all part of the National Lottery Community Fund and our core goals and principles need to transpire in whatever we do, wherever we do it.

We are committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our funding is for all communities whatever their starting point and we understand that some will need extra support. In adopting an equity approach to our funding, we recognise groups are situated differently due to structural inequalities and we need to develop our funding in a way that understands and addresses the specific circumstances and root causes of disadvantage.

About the Role

This is an exciting temporary opportunity to lead our Midlands team as the Senior Head of Region for 14 months, to maximise the impact of our funding and lead the strategic direction and management of our regional portfolio. You will be accountable for all aspects of strategic and operational management within the dedicated region, including local prioritisation, grant budget management, operational excellence, and key stakeholder management. You will be the key representative of the National Lottery Community Fund in your region.

Our Midlands region spans rich and diverse communities and geography across the East and West Midlands, both rural and urban, with a population of over 11 million, including the second largest city and conurbation in the UK, along with about half of England's mid-sized cities and a long list of counties across 65 Local authorities, with a complexity of deprivation. You will oversee awards of approximately £49m per annum within the region alongside being responsible for a portfolio of approximately £200m grants in management. You will lead a team of 32 remotely-based mobile team members in the region.

You will be a key member of the England Leadership Team, maintaining strong relationships with other Regional Heads as well as with colleagues in the Central Funding and Support Teams.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference through our funding, with a deep understanding of the communities we serve. You will have experience of building and leading teams and driving a culture of inclusion with an ability to coach, inspire, and empower people. Your ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a diverse range of senior level internal and external stakeholders will be second to none, you will have experience in creating connections and facilitating divers stakeholder networks and you will be a confident communicator, comfortable in all environments. You will demonstrate an ability to work in an agile way, ensuring we are flexible and continue to improve in line with feedback and insights from customers and frontline staff.

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 14 Months (Maternity Cover)

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Location: Birmingham with frequent travel

Interview Date: 16 or 17 June

The location of this role is as stated within the advert however due to the pandemic colleagues are temporarily remote working and this is under regular review in-line with government guidelines.

About You

As an experienced senior leader, you may, or may not come from a funding background but you may have significant experience of working with communities in the VCSE sector, and/or developing strategies involving stakeholders from different sectors and backgrounds, designed to deliver greater joint impact. You will be responsible for achieving our strategic aim of being for everyone. You will need to a good communicator, able to translate a vision into reality. The role will give you the flexibility to make the role your own and develop alongside the organisation; working collaboratively with the team to produce a broad portfolio of relationships and investments across the Midlands region.

Specifically, you’ll need to demonstrate your experience and qualifications in these areas: 

• Strong commitment to make a positive impact in communities across the Midlands
• You are an inclusive leader, with highly developed people skills, using your gravitas to enable others to achieve their full potential. You have the ability to offer guidance and direction through consistent and realistic core principles, setting priorities and deliverables based on an understanding of the organisational as well as external context
• Good decision-making skills, considering evidence, analysis and personal experience to take and mitigate risk as appropriate
• Implementing effective performance management, planning, risk analysis and governance resulting in greater impact and efficiency
• Developing and enhancing relationships with senior stakeholders across sectors, representing the Fund externally
• Experience in budgeting and data analysis, as well as developing and delivering annual and longer-term strategic operating plans
• Values-driven and passionate about the Fund’s purpose

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. As such we particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including: 

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

How to Apply 

Visit our website on The National Lottery Community Fund job page for further details about the vacancy and our application process.

Equal Opportunities

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

ASSISTANT OPERATIONS MANAGER 

Are you an accomplished, confident, approachable and empathetic manager? Do you want a job where you make a difference every day? Can you listen as well as talk, be organised as well as flexible?  If this is you, then you should take the next step and apply to join the family of the Fishermen’s Mission.

We are looking for an Assistant Operations Manager to work closely with the Operations Manager to deliver frontline emergency response, practical welfare and pastoral support operations throughout the UK. 

This job is about commercial fishermen and their families and the Fishermen’s Mission staff that support them in times of need.  You will be able to drive consistency and professionalism in service delivery and lead the application of the charity’s values. You will be able to communicate clearly the bigger picture of the charity's aims and will also have the attention to detail to make sure everything is running like clockwork, both from an administrative perspective and in terms of HR, compliance and governance.

The role will entail significant travel to staff at the fishing ports and harbours throughout the UK. (Easy access to major travel routes would be an advantage as it is anticipated that the succesful candidate would be expected to be travelling and visiting operational staff around the UK for approxiamately 70% of the time. )

As a key player in the Head Office team, you will also be able to input to the development of operations at the management level. This is one of the most rewarding jobs you could ever hope to have. 

The Fishermen’s Mission is a Christian charity that has been around since 1881.  We help active and retired commercial fishermen and their families.  You could be part of our vital work.   Relevant experience is important, but we’re not caught up in qualifications; we are looking for the right person.  Someone who can organise and inspire a dispersed and diverse team to perform willingly and consistently.  Sound like you? Get in touch.

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 (Regional salary weighting may apply)

Ref: 21520

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location:This role will be working across CPA 1 - Central England - Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS) and looking for Employer Account Managers.

Reporting directly to the Regional Employer Manager, the Employer Account Manager WHP-JETS role is responsible for winning, developing and retaining key employer partnerships to support the contractual requirements of the WHP-JETS programme.

You will work in conjunction with Operational teams to provide employer relationship management to drive performance objectives, deliver sales tools, manage accounts, support recruitment initiatives, and drive employment outcomes for participants.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

The ideal candidate must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within one of two geographical areas – Central England and Home Counties and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

For further information and to apply online, please click the Apply on Website button quoting the reference number 21520.

Closing date: 30th April 2021.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Charity Shop Assistant Manager (Hamstead)

21 hours per week (flexible over 7 days)

£9,774 per annum pro rata plus pension and healthcare scheme benefits (£8.95 per hour.)

The opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Retail Team in in Hamstead (near Great Barr, Birmingham) but also supporting the other shops in the retail estate. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate management skills from the day to day running of the shop to assisting in the recruitment of a team of volunteers. You will also have a positive and enthusiastic attitude whilst using your retail flair to exceed the shops targets

The ideal candidate

This is a forward thinking, energetic role for someone passionate about delivering high quality standards of presentation and service to customers. Ideally, you will have proven experience of charity shop work or other fast paced retail.  You must have good communication and organisational skills, and be able to act as the first contact for many potential clients who needed our other services.

The organisation

We are a locally focused charity with over 120 staff and volunteers across Birmingham and Sandwell. We provide free, impartial advice and information on a wide range of issues to people aged 50 and over.  We are looking to grow and expand to reach more of the older people in Birmingham and Sandwell. Please note that while this vacancy is primarily to cover the Hamstead shop, should the need arise, you may also be asked to travel retail sites around Birmingham and Sandwell.

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted. 

The deadline for applications is Friday 28th May 2021. Interviews to be arranged.

Outside M25: £36,340 - £42,753 p/a, inside M25: £39,340 - £45,753 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Permanent Contract, full-time (35 hrs p/w)

Leeds, Cardiff or Wrexham, Norwich & Coventry

Ref: RDM-211

Are you an influential, driven and strategic individual with a proven record of generating successful business development activities for a voluntary sector or social business? Do you have extensive experience of developing and market testing new income generation propositions, including earned income streams?

If so, St Giles is looking to recruit highly organised Regional Development Managers, based in four key geographical areas, to develop and embed a regional sustainability strategy which builds on relationships with key local stakeholders, commissioners, and networks as well as identifying and testing new ways of generating income which optimise the potential of our services and supports the long-term stability of St Giles’ delivery presence in the region.

About St Giles

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity

You will lead on the development and implementation of a regional sustainability plan ensuring it is aligned with St Giles organisational strategic ambitions and regional requirements, plus create a work plan which will support the achievement of agreed objectives. You will proactively explore, develop, and test new ways of generating income, while also building on existing relationships and developing new ones which will provide a platform for retention of existing services and provide for extension or further expansion of these activities.

You will be expected to liaise with and develop professional relationships with a range of external agencies and represent St Giles at external forums to promote the charity and its services, plus develop a portfolio of diverse new income streams and a foundation of earned income, for example through training and consultancy. Working closely with St Giles’s other teams and Regional Service Managers to inform your work and priorities, ensure there is clear communication, and to provide additional support is also a key element of the role.

We positively encourage applications if you have previously worked on a client-led support project, have had personal adverse experiences such as homelessness, substance misuse, debt, involvement with gangs etc. This includes experience of the criminal justice system, having served a prison sentence, or still be serving a prison sentence in a prison.

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable understanding of different income generation and market models
• Experience of developing and market testing new income generation propositions
• Experience of building sustainability into income streams and business models
• Experience of writing bids or funding applications and developing and giving presentations or pitches to potential funders, commissioners, and other stakeholders
• Knowledge of the local area and awareness of key personnel and/or staffing structures of the key stakeholders, funders, and commissioners
• Outstanding communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate complex information
• Impressive interpersonal, networking and relationship-building abilities

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension,
flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service,
access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 24th May 2021. Interviews: w/c 7th June 2021.

• Applications close: 9am Wednesday 19 May 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £31,000 - £35,000p.a. (+ £3,000p.a. London Weighting if applicable) p.a
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (please note that we are able to offer flexibility on working hours and are open to discussion with candidates),
• Location: London or Birmingham (with regular travel to London for meetings). Remote working initially until staff return to office-based working.
• Interviews: Week commencing 24th May (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Partnership Team
• Reporting to: Partnerships Director

About The Access Project

In the UK today, students from the most advantaged backgrounds are six times more likely to make it to a top university compared to their least advantaged peers. To change this, The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

Our approach works: our students are more than twice as likely to place at top universities compared to similar peers.

Through the COVID crisis, we have remained student-focussed and continued our support by rapidly moving all provision online. In autumn 2020, we were selected as a Tuition Partner for the highly competitive National Tutoring Programme, in recognition of the quality of our work. This partnership has enabled us to expand and we now serve 1,700 students in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. As the country emerges from COVID, tackling educational disadvantage is an urgent social challenge - a challenge we aim to meet by expanding our footprint and reaching more students than ever before.

Why we need you

The Access Project has a growing number of partnerships with a number of universities built on shared strategic aims: universities’ desire to make their institutions more accessible to students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, and The Access Project’s commitment to helping bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds secure places at top universities. We want to work with more universities to deliver activity with young people in their target geographies, opening up opportunities for funding and broader support from universities.

This is a proactive role that will require the creation of new opportunities and ways of working. It will suit a self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude who enjoys establishing new relationships. The successful candidate will demonstrate good working knowledge of the higher education landscape and relevant policy areas.

Main duties and responsibilities

Strategy development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to implement and review our university partnerships strategy.

Proposal development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to develop university fundraising offers and proposals.

• Negotiate multi-year contracts with universities.

Lead generation and awareness raising

• Create new opportunities for university partnerships, establishing relationships with decision makers and using TAP's networks effectively.

• Raise TAP's presence in the Widening Participation and Access sector, working with our communications team to create and identify opportunities to raise our profile. This would include attending conferences, speaking at or arranging appropriate TAP speakers at conferences, and identifying sector awards that will add to our credentials.

• Work with the Partnerships Director and Communications team to create materials, both on and offline, that will reach and attract university widening participation audiences.

Account management and stewardship

• Work effectively across The Access Project to pool knowledge and connections to universities, consulting relevant stakeholders on decisions about funding and volunteering opportunities.

• Account manage a portfolio of university partnerships, ensuring excellent stewardship and reporting.

• Maintain a database of all our university partnerships and key project milestones.

Develop expertise

• Keep up to date with Higher Education and Widening Participation policy and landscape.

Cross-organisation contribution

• Model the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff
• Manage significant cross-team projects
• Represent the charity externally with senior stakeholders

• Contribute to the achievement of the charity’s wider organisational goals
• Work collaboratively across regions as required

Person Specification – experience, skills and attributes

Essential

• Good knowledge of Widening Participation issues and higher education policy landscape.
• Entrepreneurial outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders within and outside of The Access Project.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for helping young people achieve their potential and TAP’s mission.
• Proven experience of success in fundraising or sales.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK for meetings.

Desirable

• Experience working in fundraising for a charity.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on impact.
• Experience of using Salesforce CRM.

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

Are you an experienced Youth Worker who is passionate about engaging and supporting young people?

Do you understand how digital technology can be used to engage with young people no matter where young people live in the UK?

Do you have experience of working with young people who are isolated and low in confidence due to their situation and know how to engage and encourage them to achieve their aspirations?

If the answer is yes to all these questions ...... you might be just the person we’re looking for!

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) is a national charity based in Birmingham. We take action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, support, research funds and a voice for all affected. At least twenty children are diagnosed with a liver disease every week in the UK.  CLDF is the only UK charity dedicated to fighting all forms of childhood liver disease, for which there is still no cure. Please find out more about the difference we make on our website.

The role is to engage with young people aged 11-24 living with a childhood liver disease from across the UK as they transition into adulthood. CLDF’s vision for the Young People’s Service is to continue to broaden engagement through a variety of digital mediums including smart phone, email, social media, Zoom, messaging apps and CLDF’s Facebook group HIVE/HIVE+. The service offers young people living with a liver condition a chance to increase their confidence and reduce social isolation, as well as supporting them to achieve their aspirations, as they transition into adulthood. We want to create opportunities that empower young people to take control of their lives, cope with chronic illness and signpost them to appropriate services through a holistic approach. This includes responsibility for the development and delivery of virtual face to face events and activities.

The Young People’s Digital and Engagement Officer may be required to travel throughout the UK and support the delivery of young people’s projects (which may include residential initiatives depending on external restrictions). The Young People’s Digital and Engagement Officer also works with professionals that support young people. The post holder will continue to develop these relationships so that, where possible, all young people living with a liver condition can gain access to the support they need.

If you are passionate about youth work, have the skills to maximise digital methods of reaching and connecting with young people, are hard-working and tenacious with an outgoing attitude, and will thrive in a small team then we are interested in hearing from you. Some evening and weekend working will be required as part of this role.

This is a temporary contract, part-time 4 days (28 hours) per week post. The role is mainly home-based although there will be an expectation to be flexible to work from the office for meetings etc.

Please note that a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure check will be undertaken.

To apply, please view the full job description on our website. Then send us your CV along with a covering letter/email explaining your reasons for applying and any information in support of your application to our HR Dept. If you should need any further information, please call the Head of Support (number available on our website)

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

We are a social mobility movement committed to ensuring that every young person experiences educational equity.

As an award-winning, fast-growing charity our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic tutoring programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and on high level apprenticeships.

Having turned seven years old in February 2021, we’re at an exciting stage of growth and have ambitious plans to scale our impact and reach. This coming academic year, we are supporting over 2500 pupils. Currently working across London, the South East, the West Midlands and the South , we are looking to thoughtfully scale our academic programmes into hard-to-reach deprivation areas; develop a primary strand to our work; and increase the impact of our programmes.

The West Midlands has been one of our key emerging hubs. Since 2016, we have developed partnerships and relationships across the region with schools, universities and collaborators. We are now looking for a leader to realise the region’s full potential.

We need an outgoing self-starter to drive our work in the West Midlands forward, making it a sustainable hub that delivers real social impact. As the public face of the organisation, you will be responsible for partnership development, profile raising and managing our programmes from volunteer recruitment all the way through to evaluation. This is an in at the deep end role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence in decision making.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Growing the West Midlands as a sustainable CoachBright region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Generating income outside of school programmes
• Growing a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Delivering recruitment strategy for West Midlands programmes to meet termly targets
• Training volunteers in coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school programmes across the West Midlands:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback following sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality. Programmes to include a mixture of Core Programme: University student volunteers coach pupils in Yr 9-13 and Peer to Peer Programme: Year 12 pupils coach pupils in Yr 7-10.

Programme Design and Delivery

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school and virtual workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Managing partnerships with West Midlands universities:

• Maintaining regular contact with relevant staff members in outreach and or/volunteering teams at each university
• Managing room bookings for events at university campuses

Line managing a team of Programme Officers and Head Coaches:

• Managing a team of up to 6 full-time programme officers
• Delivering training for Head Coaches in the West Midlands
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, serving the team, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love communicating and delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (business leaders, senior members of MATs, universities etc.)
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation as a facilitator.
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends
• Full clean driving licence: the role will involve substantial travel across the region visiting our partners.

Desirable knowledge/experience:

• 2-3 years frontline experience working in a school or social sector for example as a teacher or workshop facilitator.
• Experience recruiting volunteers.
• Experience of working in a small team and working independently.
• Experience measuring and evaluating the impact of youth-based programmes.
• Experience of sales in an education context.
• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or coaching.
• Knowledge of UK university sector, including knowledge of the UCAS process.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £28-30k per annum
• Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: initially working from home. Longer term to be based between our West Midlands Office (Birmingham City University) and partner schools with travel to other regions.
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development. Opportunities include being matched with a mentor in the social sector and becoming an accredited Executive Coach

Key Information:

• Length: 12 months (with likely extension dependent on performance and funding)
• Hours: Full Time
• Reporting to: National Programme Manager
• Responsible for: Region and its programmes
• Start Date: June-August 2021 (flexible for the right candidate).

TO APPLY:

Please email your CV and a cover letter of no more than 350 words to Robin by no later than Friday 4th June, 12pm.

Please note: We will be interviewing successful candidates on a rolling basis, so may close the post at any time. Early application is therefore highly encouraged. 

Customer Support Officer (WHP-JETS)

Salary: £20,073 - £25,073 (Regional salary weighting may apply)
Permanent, full-time 37.5 hours per week

Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

Covering Central England, including: Birmingham, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

Job Ref: 22787

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible, and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS) and looking for Customer Support Officers.

Reporting directly to our Customer Support Team Leader. The Customer Support Officer will manage the referral process of all participants to the Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP-JETS) and process all required information to and from DWP.

This will include processing referrals from Jobcentre Plus, making initial contact with participants to agree first appointment via email and phone, as well as maintaining the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Provider Referral and Payment system (PRaP) records throughout the participant’s time on programme.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.
• Enhanced annual leave.

For further information and to apply online, please click the "Apply on website" button quoting the reference number 22787.

Closing date:  28 May 2021.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

YOU MUST APPLY THROUGH THE MEDAILLE TRUST WEBSITE

MODERN SLAVERY LOCAL COORDINATOR

(MOVING ON PROJECT)

SALARY: £28,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)

HOURS: 30 hours per week

LOCATION: Across the Birmingham and West Midlands area

CONTRACT: Fixed Term Contract until June 2022 

As the Local Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining effective referral routes, building external relationships and raising awareness, managing data gathering, and managing a small caseload of women with the most complex needs.

You will also be responsible for overseeing, leading, developing and supporting the delivery and coordination of services; supervision and development of Case Workers across your geographical area in line with the mission, vision and values of the Project.

Working closely with the Project Manager and Quality and Development Supervisor you will  ensure that all services are developed, delivered and improved in line with the vision and values of the Project and are carried out to a high standard.

You must have a relevant Management qualification such as Team Leading / Coaching / Mentoring with at least 3-5 years of experience in similar field.

This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

The ability to drive with a valid licence with use of own vehicle insured for business purposes is essential.

Closing date:

Monday, 24 May 2021 at 10:00am

Interview date:

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

For an application pack please visit our website.

YOU MUST APPLY THROUGH THE MEDAILLE TRUST WEBSITE

MODERN SLAVERY OUTREACH CASE WORKER

(MOVING ON PROJECT) - KENT AREA

SALARY: £24,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)

HOURS: 30 hours per week

LOCATION: Across the Kent area

CONTRACT: Fixed Term Contract until June 2022 

As the Modern Slavery Outreach Case Worker, you will provide high quality support that includes practical and emotional support to potential victims of modern slavery and their dependents, where applicable in a given geographic area, managing a case load set by your Line Manager.

You will provide trauma-informed and person-centred support which includes drop-in sessions.  Additionally you will prepare and review individual support plans with service users and support service users’ needs.

You must have previous experience in relevant sector or experience of working with vulnerable adults, especially women.

This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

The ability to drive with a valid licence with use of own vehicle insured for business purposes is essential.

Closing date:

Monday, 24 May 2021 at 10:00am

Interview date:

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

For an application pack please visit our website.

Location: Home-based
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £24,510 per annum
Home Working Allowance: £390 per annum
Benefits: Read more about what we offer on our website
Contract type: Fixed-term - 24 months
Travel: Frequent travel within Birmingham. Occasional travel to our offices in Chesterfield and London
Closing date: Monday 7 June 2021

About the role

We are looking for a passionate, motivated and enthusiastic individual to take up an exciting position to help us develop and shape the work Versus Arthritis does in local communities. Working as part of a new team, you will take a lead role in delivering our pilot project - called Together Versus Arthritis - in Birmingham. Through the pilot we aim to reach more people with arthritis, create new local peer-support groups, bring in new insight, raise awareness, fundraise and create engaged networks of people within local communities.

You will be responsible for creating and supporting a local network of people, professionals and organisations - building strong, lasting relationships within the community; people with arthritis, current and future volunteers, community and voluntary organisations, researchers and health and social care partners. This includes working closely with other teams to identify, recruit, train and support volunteers to support this work.

You will work alongside colleagues working in the other pilot sites, supported by our services team and the central Together Versus Arthritis project team.

What we are looking for

To be successful in the role, you will be committed to the values and behaviours of Versus Arthritis, as well as:

• Knowledge and understanding of engaging and working with underserved groups.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and evidence of excellent relationship management with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of working with volunteers including identifying, recruiting and supporting volunteers, as well as knowledge of best practice in volunteer management.
• Experience of community development approaches including co-production and co-design or involving people with lived experience in decision making.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV
2. along with a completed supporting statement (Word, 40.04 KB) demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification for the Development Officer, Birmingham role (PDF, 237 KB)
3. please include where you've seen this role advertised.

Email your completed application by Monday 7 June 2021

Interviews

Interviews to be held on 15, 16 or 17 June 2021 via Microsoft Teams.

About us

Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation for 17.8 million people in the UK every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don't accept this.

We are Versus Arthritis. We are volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers and friends, all doing everything we can to push back against arthritis. We're reaching out to everybody with the information and support they need, funding vital research and changing the way society sees arthritis. Together we'll keep running, researching, in?uencing, volunteering, advising, chatting, baking, listening. We won't stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis.

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer on our website.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.

We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our small independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.

Martineau Gardens, holders of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, is an organically managed community garden close to Birmingham city centre. We offer volunteering opportunities for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; work placements for SEN students; environmental education for schools; family activities and courses for adults. We supplement our charitable income through public engagement activities including events; plant and produce sales; venue hire and visitor donations.

The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity as we seek to grow our resources and expertise to support more people and maintain the restorative properties of the Gardens. We are seeking an individual who can develop strategy using a creative approach; someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, who has experience of managing a team with diverse skills and who has expertise in budgeting and governance.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your team of 10 and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic and operational aims.
 
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.

Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds. Knowledge of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is desirable but not essential.

If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you. Any offer made is subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.

Closing date: 27th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 9th June 2021

The Service

Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell is a dynamic and expanding charity that provides a range of services and programmes for people aged 50 and over to meet our strategic objectives.

The service provides a wide range of information and advice to people aged 50+ across Birmingham and Sandwell. The provision of accurate and up to date information and advice is the cornerstone of our services as it is essential that older people have good quality accurate information to make informed choices.

There is a high level of demand for this service which is delivered by our dedicated team of staff and volunteers through multiple channels (telephone, office and community-based venues).

Therefore we are looking to recruit and develop a skilled advice officer to meet this demand within a quality assured service.

Job Purpose

As a member of the advice team you will provide a high quality and responsive information and advice to older people across Birmingham and Sandwell.

Principal Duties:

• Deliver information and advice to clients via telephone, face to face appointments, outreach sessions and via email.
• Providing high quality information and advice (generalist help level) to callers in housing, social care, welfare benefits, consumer issues, health and activities, groups and other support with day to day problems
• Contribute to the achievement of team targets.
• Keep up to date knowledge of Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s full range of services including paid for services
• Maintain up to date knowledge of developments in benefits, community care, housing options and other issues relating to older people
• Negotiate on behalf of customers, ensuring that their best interests are represented.
• Ensure service provision and case recording meets identified quality standards
• Maintain case and data records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation
• Provide case studies for funders and board reports
• Work within Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s policies and procedures
• Represent Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell at events and activities as necessary
• Provide cover for other members of the team when necessary.

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted.

Please visit our website for a full person specification and to apply.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 1st June 2021.  Interviews on 7th and 8th June 2021