Programme Management Specialist Jobs in Hammersmith, Greater London
ID: 1214
HR Business Partner
Salary: Starting at £36,477 FTE per annum, rising to £40,699* FTE per annum, Grade 4 (point 29-33)
Location: Ideally based in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire or Greater London (north) with the ability to travel within this region when required.
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
We are flexible on hours of work and open to discussing part-time hours and other flexible working options - it is expected that for the period 3-9 months after the role begins, travel to an office base in the above listed regions will be required 2-3 times per week. Before and after this period of time, we are open to this role being home-based or hybrid working. This will be discussed in more detail with the successful applicant.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
Family Action is a registered charity, building stronger families since 1869. Today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants. We transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation.
This is an exciting time to be joining us and a fantastic opportunity to partner with services in this region and support the growth of Family Action. You will have significant experience in HR and excel at building rapport and establishing strong relationships at all levels of an organisation. You will have experience managing and advising on change management, including TUPE transfers. You might have worked in a generalist HR role or a more specialist employee relations or change role and be looking for the next step up.
All we’re interested in is what you can bring to the role - your skills, knowledge, experience and aptitude to take on this key role, as well as your values. You don’t need to have worked in the not-for-profit sector before or previously held a management role.
Main Responsibilities:
· You will partner with managers from across the organisation, building strong relationships and ensuring that they are confident and capable in people management.
· You will be the key HR contact for these managers and will foster an excellence team reputation, supporting them to forward plan and think strategically about their people.
· You will advise and coach managers on complex people management issues, including disciplinary and grievances.
· You will take the lead on complex change management processes such as TUPE transfers and restructuring, working flexibly and inter-departmentally alongside our Services and Implementation teams.
· You will support the Head of HR and wider HR and People team to deliver on a range of exciting projects and developments over the next year, as specified in our HR strategy, and reviewing our policies and people practices to ensure they are fit for purpose and in line with current best practice.
· You will be an excellent communicator with experience of providing high-level advice and support in a solution focused way.
· You will be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
· You will be aligned with and support Family Action’s mission and values.
To learn more about the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification on our job advert.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We want to break down barriers to people joining us. We are genuinely committed to supporting everyone and being an inclusive organisation for colleagues, volunteers and service users alike. At Family Action our values are incredibly important to us and really do underpin all we do. We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
We would love to hear from potential candidates. If you have any questions about the role or Family Action, please contact Katie Milne, Head of HR - email address can be found on our job advert.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before expressing your interest in this role. We are sorry that we cannot consider applications from candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK.
No recruitment agencies please – as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down and we do not require external support with recruitment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Battersea’s Finance and Corporate Resources directorate is responsible for leading, developing, managing, and supporting the financial, technological, infrastructure and compliance services across Battersea. We are looking for a Systems Accountant to join our Finance Team. This person will manage and administer Battersea’s key finance system, Oracle NetSuite, and support with broader process improvement projects across the function. They will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, efficiency and functionality of financial systems and processes to support effective and accurate financial operations. They will also play a key role in delivering an excellent customer experience, delivering training, and advising on best practice.
The ideal candidate will have significant experience maintaining financial and reporting systems, be proficient in the use of Oracle NetSuite, and be CCAB-qualified.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
At Battersea, we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive culture in all aspects of our organisation. We aim to ensure that this pledge, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
By hearing from and valuing different experiences, perspectives, and contributions, we know we can provide the best expert care for every dog and cat who needs us. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from diverse ethnic communities and people with disabilities, who we know are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 13th June 2024
Interview date(s): w/c 17th June 2024
For full details, please download our recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a rare opportunity to use your legal skills to make a real difference to the global economy. For over a decade, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has developed and promoted the idea of a circular economy. We work with, and inspire, business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Our vision is a new economic system that delivers better outcomes for people and the environment. Business models, products, and materials are designed to increase use and reuse, replicating the balance of the natural world, where nothing becomes waste, and everything has value. A circular economy, increasingly built on renewable energy and materials, is distributed, diverse, and inclusive.
You will be part of this ambitious transformation by joining our busy in-house legal team (currently five people) supporting both the UK Charity and its trading subsidiary, and our international offices (Brazil, USA, China), to provide specialist legal advice with strategic insight and commercial awareness whilst managing risk effectively.
We have two Senior Legal Counsel positions available.
These are broad in-house legal roles with an opportunity to get involved in a number of areas across the organisation working with internationally recognised brands, NGOs, governments and key actors in the space. One role will primarily focus on supporting our Programme Teams (Plastics, Fashion, Food and Finance) and one role will focus on supporting the Network and Philanthropy Teams.
In both roles you will be supporting an international collective of circular economy catalysts who are providing innovative solutions to the biggest global challenges of our time.
It would be helpful if you could indicate which role would be of most interest when you apply and how your skills and experience are applicable for the role. We are also happy to explore this with you during our interview process.
Role & Responsibilities
Reporting to our General Counsel, your main responsibilities will be:
- Providing expert advice to the Foundation and leading on devising, drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of complex agreements (including commercial contracts, supplier terms, collaboration agreements, and memoranda of understanding as required).
- Identifying, analysing, and advising on a broad range of legal, compliance and regulatory issues including in relation to contractual matters, charity law compliance, data protection and privacy, employment, anti-bribery and corruption, commercial contracts, intellectual property licensing, brand management and protection, and competition law.
- Proactively seeking opportunities to improve operational working practices and systems particularly as relevant to their business areas working closely with the General Counsel and other key stakeholders to do so.
- Staying up to date with external developments relevant to the Foundation particularly as relevant to their business areas and contributing to the dissemination of knowledge within the organisation.
- Liaising with colleagues in the Foundation’s international offices, as required.
- Undertaking a range of core administrative and support tasks as required, including use of software, document, and knowledge management.
Your profile:
- Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales or equivalent (including by way of transfer).
- This role may suit a candidate with 4+ years PQE (note this is stated as a guide only) with significant and demonstrable post qualification experience advising on the law of England and Wales.
- Experience of working in-house is essential, coupled with evidence of having advised clients directly.
- Strong commercial contracting experience is essential, including confidence in drafting, advising on, and negotiating a broad range of complex contracts, including intellectual property and licencing.
- A working knowledge of charity law compliance, data protection and privacy, intellectual property, employment and competition law would be strongly preferred.
Salary package: circa £63k per annum dependent on experience level plus generous holiday allowance (25 days plus UK Bank Holidays plus discretionary organisational extra days leave) generous parental leave; enhanced pension options/private health scheme after 6 months; wellbeing programme.
Location: This role may be remote in the UK or be based in our offices in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Application process:
- Initial Zoom meeting with our Talent team and prospective Line manager to start the process (we will send you the outline of the interview, so you know what to expect).
- A work-related assignment to complete at home or as part of the interview process so we know you will be comfortable with the type of work you would do here.
- Interview with our People Team and line manager here in our offices on the beautiful Isle of Wight, even if the role isn’t based here- we think it’s important you see where we started and meet the team! For some of our candidates we recognise this may not always be possible.
- For more senior roles we will conduct a presentation interview too and include relevant internal stakeholders.
Our commitment to you
We are keen to receive applications from people from underrepresented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) people of colour, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people from other marginalised groups. It is important to us that our recruitment approach makes the opportunity as accessible as possible and ensures a diverse range of people are able to demonstrate their potential. We would be happy to provide any further support that you may require - please get in touch so that we can work together.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary range £42,000 - £45,000 per annum (£33,600 - £36,000 pro-rated) | 28 hours per week (part-time) | Permanent
This role will involve hybrid working from home and WGN offices, as well as occasional travel across London. It is anticipated that this role will evolve over time in line with service needs and organisational requirements.
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a specialist therapeutic service leading in developing and delivering innovative and effective counselling services for women and girls who have experienced all forms of gender-based violence. We aim to ensure that we proactively provide services which meet the needs of the women and girls who access them.
Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
About the role
We are looking for two Clinical Managers (Clinical Manager & Clinical Practice Manager) to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the WGN Counselling Team and to support the coordination of WGN’s therapeutic services. You will enable and lead the teams’ facilitation of innovative, safe, high quality, survivor centred, trauma-informed and culturally responsive services for survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
About you
This is a great opportunity for someone with managerial experience and a professional qualification in Counselling or Psychotherapy with at least 1 year of direct and demonstrable experience of providing leadership of clinical team of practitioner to work in a leading black feminist organisation.
Interview Details
It is anticipated that interviews will be held remotely on Monday 8th July & Tuesday 9th July 2024, but please note that dates may be subject to change.
Further Information
These posts are subject to satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS check.
Employee benefits include 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic communities.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer.
Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity for a specialist clinical practitioner with a background in child and adolescent mental health to provide clinical oversight of 2 multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs). These teams will increase and improve emotional and mental health provision within educational settings for 5–25-year-olds in the West London CCG area. You will be working within a successful Trailblazer site, which emerged out of the government’s December 2017 plans: Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper.
Crucially, your overall responsibility will be to provide clinical oversight and operational management of the MHSTs, to ensure that children and young people are provided with timely, accountable, and effective services.
You will have a caseload of children and adolescents with mild – moderate emotional and mental health difficulties (number of cases will be dependant of capacity) and will use CBT and Systemic evidence-based models, employing the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). Early interventions will be delivered in a range of educational settings (primary, secondary, special, alternative provision and sixth form college) across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, as well as in parts of Westminster borough in the North West. These will build upon the CCG’s and HF Mind’s whole school approach to mental health provision.
The MHSTs which you will oversee will consists of a team of MHST clinical supervisors, schools practitioners, and Assistant Psychologist Clinical You will be responsible for managing and providing clinical supervision to senior team members,
You will also work closely with families, as well as colleagues and partners in the Local Authority, CAMHS, educational settings where interventions are being delivered and other relevant mental health providers.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
See attached job description for full list of responsibilities
- Ensure consistent standards of care across the MHSTs, minimising risk and instigating remedial action if necessary
- Oversee clinical interventions of the MHSTs, developing strategy and service development in partnership with senior team members
- Assess the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high-quality service, identifying gaps and plans to address these issues
- Provide clinical supervision and case management to the senior members of MHSTs, whilst also overseeing coaching and mentoring for all members of the MHSTs
- Develop care and referral pathways that support improved care for children, young people and their families
- Ensure and embed evidence-based practice in all clinical work of MHSTs
- Assume overall responsibility and quality assurance for all reported clinical outcomes and data submitted to NHS Digital’s Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)
- Monitor and track progress against access targets for MHST service delivery, ensure that KPIs are met and develop plans to address gaps
- Writing service Impact, monitoring, service update and evaluation reports (ad hoc, quarterly and yearly)
- Development and upgrading of policies and procedures relating to evidence-based clinical care for children and young people
- Assess and develop evidence-based treatment plans to meet the moderate needs of CYP with a range of emotional and mental health difficulties
- Deliver evidence-based early interventions for CYP aged 5-18 with moderate emotional and mental health difficulties
- Oversee safeguarding supervision and support for all MHST members, in line with relevant organisational safeguarding policies and procedures
- Provide on-call, clinical support for our Circle service when needed
Person Specification
See attached job description for full person specification
Essential Criteria
- Degree from an accredited or recognised body to deliver evidence-based interventions for CYP and or parenting interventions / programmes
- A core profession (e.g., BACP, UKCP, HCP, NMC registration, Social Worker and OT) including registration with a professional body
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working within a Statutory CAMHS Tier 2 or 3 service, delivering assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families
- Several years of direct clinical experience (autonomously providing assessment, developing treatment plans and delivering a range of therapeutic interventions) with children and young people aged 5-18 with mental health difficulties
- Experience in managing a clinical multi-disciplinary mental health team and providing clinical supervision and case management
- Experience of routine clinical outcome monitoring
- Experience of managing clinical risk assessment
- Knowledge of systemic, cognitive and psychodynamic theories and when each is appropriate
- Understanding of child development and psychosocial influences
- Highly developed knowledge of child and adult safeguarding
- Experience engaging a range of stakeholders (young people, families, mental health providers, schools, Local Authority staff etc.) and involving service users throughout service planning and delivery
Desirable Criteria
- Experience using Iaptus CYP data management system and reporting into NHS Digital’s Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)
- Experience working in educational settings
- Experience supervising safeguarding cases
The list of duties in the job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job which you may be required to undertake.
This job description will be reviewed yearly as part of the annual individual appraisal, to ensure that it reflects the responsibilities of the post. No changes will be made without full consultation with the post holder.
We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
Post is subject to an enhanced DBS check
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Full time (flexible working options available)
Hybrid – Farringdon, London/Home based
Closing Date: 9 June 2024
Ref 6729
Join the General Counsel's Division as our new Incident Reporting Manager. If you can manage and configure databases to meet business needs, communicate effectively with users, and enjoy data analysis, we would love to hear from you!
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
Save the Children has an ambitious strategy, which requires us to take and manage an appropriate level of risk, often in complex environments, in order to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and communities that we work with. We are a large, complex charity and risk touches every part of the organisation and all aspects of what we do.
This is a new role within our General Counsel's Division and you will work with a wide variety of specialist teams across SCUK (e.g., Safeguarding, Legal, Health & Safety) who investigate incidents reported through SCUK's incident reporting and case management IT system (IRCM system).
You will act as the product owner for the system and will be the main point of contact with the software provider, responsible for ensuring that the system is configured and operating effectively to meet business needs and ensure that we can maximise use of the incident data.
A key objective for this new role will be to develop insightful reports and dashboards that help us analyse and monitor incident data relating to key areas of risk in SCUK's work, for example safeguarding, fraud, and health and safety. The aim will be to develop reporting and analysis that can identify trends and root causes to help us learn from incidents and improve the ways in which we respond to risks.
Key accountabilities will include:
Act as Product owner of SCUK's incident reporting and case management IT system (IRCM system):
- Responsible for the overall management of the system and ensuring that it is configured and operating effectively;
- Collaborate with specialist teams (e.g. Safeguarding, Fraud, Health & Safety) to understand business needs, gathering feedback on issues and functionality requirements, and exploring solutions and improvements;
- Manage the relationships with the ICRM software provider, SCUK technology team, and specialist teams to support the ongoing use of the system and to coordinate system updates and improvements;
- Review how we are utilising the system and the current licensing arrangements and make recommendations to optimise efficiency and cost effectiveness;
- Ensure training and user guides are available for new users and communicate system functionality updates to all users;
- Maintain high standards of data protection compliance in the configuration and use of the system through the completion and maintenance of privacy impact assessments;
- Develop mechanisms to monitor data quality for consistency and accuracy.
Incident analysis and reporting:
- Use appropriate data analytical tools such as Excel and Power BI to enable regular analysis of incident data to detect and monitor trends, including the proactive identification of emerging areas of risk and their causes;
- Develop clear and user-friendly reporting formats, such as dashboards and trend analysis, tailored to different audiences, including the Executive Leadership Team, the Audit and Risk Committee, and specialist teams;
- Convert data into actionable intelligence that enables the organisation to learn from incidents and highlights areas for improvement.
Reporting and case management processes:
- Monitor data quality from incident reports and liaise with specialist teams and incident reporters to ensure information is accurate and complete;
- Carry out initial triage of new incident reports, ensuring they are allocated to the correct specialist teams;
- Ensure mechanisms for reporting incidents through the IRCM system continue to meet the needs of incident reporters and specialist teams, as well as the teams managing regulator and donor reporting requirements;
- Track timely progress of cases to closure in line with agreed protocols
Stakeholder communication:
- Develop a communications plan to promote awareness around incident reporting throughout the organisation and relevant external stakeholders
- Manage the incident reporting and case management Sharepoint site and intranet pages, ensuring the provision of helpful and up to date information about incident reporting and investigation processes and procedures
- Act as focal point for promoting awareness of incident reporting as an important part of protecting people and assets, and in doing so contribute to a culture of openness and learning;
- Coordinate regular meetings for system users from specialist teams to share IRCM system knowledge and best practice, discuss common issues, trouble-shoot and monitor case management Key Performance Indicators;
- Assist with the timely completion of incident reports for institutional donors such as FCDO and other relevant external agencies/regulators
About you
You will need to be self-motivated and proactive with the ability to work independently, whilst also enjoying teamwork and able to work collaboratively with a diverse range of internal stakeholders across SCUK in order to understand business needs and develop appropriate solutions.
As the key point of contact for system users, providing training and guidance, and managing user access you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills. You will also build awareness around incident reporting processes and responsibilities with staff and volunteers throughout SCUK, helping to ensure that reporting is integrated in all SCUK's programmes.
To be successful, you'll demonstrate:
- Experience in high-level project management with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- You are self-motivated; proactive and able to deliver results.
- You actively seek to improve existing processes and practice, and demonstrates a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-moving environment.
- The ability to build credibility quickly and to communicate with impact, including influencing at senior management level.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, enjoying teamwork and high ethical standards.
- Experience configuring or managing an IT system or database.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in data analytics or the use of reporting tools such as Power BI.
- Awareness of risk management principles is desirable.
- Knowledge of and/or experience in incident reporting or case management is desirable.
- Knowledge of or experience in one or more of Save the Children's reporting areas (e.g., safeguarding, fraud, risk, health and safety) is desirable.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and ability to quickly learn to use new software.
- Discretion in dealing with confidential information.
- Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.
Closing date: 9th June 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
We are looking for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join the National Theatre Development Team.
The purpose of the role
The Corporate Partnerships Manager is responsible for delivering, renewing and evolving new and existing high-value, long-term corporate partnerships. They will work with the Senior Corporate Account Manager to support the team in delivering best-in-class account management. The Corporate Partnerships Manager will also support with new business and revenue generation through securing additional income.
The ideal candidate will have experience in managing a variety of corporate accounts and have a good understanding of the partnerships landscape and stakeholder management. The candidate will be a creative problem solver, with exemplary relationship building and customer service skills. The role will be focussed on both account management and new business. The candidate will have an ambitious approach to generating revenue through income growth opportunities and new business both with existing accounts and new prospects for the National Theatre.
The successful candidate will have the following:
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Proven track record of securing income and managing partnerships/sponsorships, possibly gained within a target driven environment.
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Experience of negotiating bespoke partnership deals and benefit packages and composing commercial participator agreements or similar legal contracts.
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Demonstrable experience of managing stakeholder relationships, preferably with c-suite involvement
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Ability to effectively chair and manage external partner meetings, taking a confident and proactive approach whilst also being responsive and accountable for meeting outcomes
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Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors
If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!
Please note
The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Monday 17th June 2024 at 12 Noon.
We support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are excited to be advertising the role of Psychotherapy Service Manager at Respond, to lead our team and the development of our psychotherapy services with autistic people and people with learning disabilities who have experienced trauma and their families. Many of our clients may have experienced complex or multiple traumatic experiences including sexual violence, domestic abuse and neglect.
The Psychotherapy Service provides predominantly longer-term therapeutic support of a year or more, depending on how the work is funded, to an average of 130 unique individuals per year. The current team of 10 are made up of 4 senior therapists (reporting to the postholder), 4 therapists and 2 honoraries in training, the majority of whom are Arts therapists and work within a psychodynamic and/or systemic model.
We welcome applications from experienced Psychodynamic Counsellor/Psychotherapists, Arts therapists, Psychologists or Family Therapists who are passionate about our work. You will work psychodynamically, champion our trauma informed approach including our reflective practice model and have the opportunity to influence and shape the development of the psychotherapy service. Leading the small team, you will provide clinical leadership and be Safeguarding lead, ensuring we continue to provide high quality psychotherapy services. We are offering the role at 4-5 days per week, working in a hybrid manner flexibly. You can also hold your own small case load of clients, supervisees and/or consultancy work within the role.
This is a unique and specialist role and we recognise that you may have more experience in one clinical area or client group than another, given the breadth of our work and whilst you may be experienced in working psychodynamically as a therapist and as a line manager, you may be newer to leading a service for example. Or you may have a great deal of other experience and understanding of the needs of our clients from other work. We are flexible to develop the right candidate who is passionate about improving the lives of autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their family members.
If this sounds like the kind of role that would interest you, we’d really welcome your application. Please also get in touch if you have any questions.
Further information about Respond
Respond is entering the last year of our three-year strategy, in which we will continue to be focusing on our psychotherapy service, which is a core part of Respond’s offer as a charity for now thirty-four years. Our mission is to reduce the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, by developing trusting relationships, through psychotherapeutically informed services which include advocacy, training and consultation.
An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma-informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation, and all staff take part in reflective practice or team dynamics.
We provide a range of trauma-informed services for children, young people, adults and professionals. These include psychotherapy, advocacy, training and other support services. The work we do is generally long term in recognition of research that clients with autism and learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and trauma take longer to process their trauma and to recover.
We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates including people with lived experience, who are both interested in working in partnership to provide support, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experienced trauma.
We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.
We celebrate diversity as an employer and as a provider of services to people who often experience multiple discriminations because of (but not limited to) being autistic or having a learning disability and experiences of trauma.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable for this role. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles within the organisation.
Respond Benefits package (all per financial year)
We offer a generous and comprehensive package of flexible benefits to all of our staff.
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Hybrid working model, which means that if you’re full time you make a commitment to be working in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder working from home. Part time hours are altered accordingly.
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Generous paid leave benefits including 28.5 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), with some to be taken between Christmas and New year.
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Up to 4 weeks paid sickness leave at full pay and a further 4 weeks at half pay,
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Discretionary study leave to support training relevant to your role.
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Paid leave to employees who may need to take one day off a year when a religious festival falls on a workday.
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Up to 5 days paid time off for dependents per financial year.
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Opportunity to apply for up to 2 days (14 hours) paid leave per year to participate in volunteering activities relevant to the role.
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Access to a workplace pension scheme, administered by NEST, with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution from commencement of employment.
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Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes 24/7 telephone service and counselling.
Note all of the above days per annum stated are pro rata’d for part time employees.
If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and person specification.
When you apply, please send a CV and Supporting statement of no more than 2 sides of A4. In your supporting statement ensure that you address the key competencies in the person specification.
Deadline for applications – Monday 3rd June 9am.
Interviews - Thursday 13th June in person in London.
When you apply, please send a CV and Supporting statement of no more than 2 sides of A4. In your supporting statement ensure that you address the key competencies in the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you have experience working with families and children aged 0-13, a good understanding of the needs of vulnerable families and a relevant vocational or academic qualification?
Welcare is recruiting an experienced Family Support Worker to deliver a broad-based preventative support service for families with children up to the age of 13 in partnership with schools, churches, the local authority and other agencies, in the London boroughs of Bromley and Greenwich.
You will be delivering practical and emotional support to enhance the life chances of children who have experienced domestic abuse and social isolation through one-to-one support and group work programmes. The post requires working with families in person and online remote working. The office base is in Community House, Bromley.
Please submit your CV, a covering letter and complete the short application form. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a longer application form prior to a face to face interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Services Manager (Housing) will primarily focus on the managing New Horizon's Housing Advice service, delivered both from the day centre and remotely. You will work with the Head of Services to ensure the service responds holistically to young people with multiple needs or barriers. You should be experienced in the housing and homelessness sector, be a passionate advocate for young people. and have the ability to motivate a team to deliver high quality services in a fast-paced environment. You should be skilled in partnership management and able to collaborate to identify new housing solutions for young people.
For more information, please see our Job Application Pack below.
Salary: £37,024 - £41,600
Closing Date: 10am, 14/06/2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Ambitious About Autism is a national charity for autistic children and young people. We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities. We run specialist education services, an award-winning employment programme and children and young people are at the heart of our charity's decision-making, policy work and campaigning.
This role presents an exciting opportunity for an Educational Psychologist
(EP) who wants to use their knowledge and skills in psychology to make a meaningful difference to the lives of autistic pupils. As per the Charity's mission to ‘stand with autistic children and young people', the role involves prioritising outcomes that are meaningful and important to the children and young people in Treehouse School. It involves supporting reflective practice within the teams around the pupils, to enable provision of emotionally containing and supportive learning environments.
The roles is part of the Integrated Services team, that comprises of dynamic teams of Occupational Therapists, PBS Specialists and Speech and Language Therapists. Enhancing quality of life of children and young people with autism and learning disabilities is central to all we do.
We are looking for a person that has:
- Doctorate in Educational Psychology
- Experience of working with children and young people with autism and learning disabilities
- Successful experience of designing and delivering effective consultation and training programmes for other professionals and families
- Applying the latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice & ensures all practice is person centered
- Advanced skills in building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges with children and young people, professionals and parents/carers
In return, we offer excellent benefits including flexible working, very generous holiday allowances, access to professional development, membership fees paid, welcome bonus and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who wants to make a difference to our autistic children, their families and the community. If you would like more information, please refer to our job description or contact Stephen Vickers.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
Please visit Ambitious about Autism careers site for full details if required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us: Tender is an arts charity working with children and young people to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence through creative projects. Since 2003, Tender’s work has grown and diversified from a single workshop programme delivered to schools, into a broader range of programmes reaching both children and young people and professionals with a safeguarding responsibility such as teachers, youth workers, social care workers and foster carers. Tender’s programmes include Healthy Relationships projects delivered across England, projects delivered using online resources and technology, specialist projects for vulnerable children and young people, whole school and whole setting approaches, and training for professionals with safeguarding responsibility and in workplaces.
About the role: We now have a need for a coordinator to work closely with the whole development team (comprising a Development Director, Development Manager, Development Officer, Major Donor Consultant and the CEO) in coordinating all aspects of our fundraising work, from identifying prospects, creating compelling funding applications through to successfully managing relationships with funders. This role will give you experience of all of our funding streams, as well as exposure to our funders through your work in organising and managing our various events throughout the year, such as our annual awards.
What you will be doing:
- Supporting all members of the Development team to achieve the team’s annual fundraising targets
- Preparing and submitting applications in support of fundraising from trusts & foundations, statutory funders, corporates, major donors, and individual givers
- Supporting all members of the Development team to develop relationships with Tender’s funders and successfully steward relationships to achieve further funding
- Supporting the Development team in coordinating and delivering events in support of Tender’s fundraising activities
Essential requirements:
- Good understanding of the principles of different fundraising streams, including trusts & foundations and corporate
- Proficiency in office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple and competing deadlines
- Forming sound, evidence-based decisions and taking personal responsibility for actions
- Thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risks, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard
- Ability to solve problems, working flexibly and collaboratively
- Willing to develop and acquire new knowledge, skills and experience
- Commitment to safeguarding and equal opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Company Overview
You would be joining Palladium, a global impact organisation, with 3,000 employees in over 90 countries. We are a mission-driven business, for whom the impact of our work is as important as the commercial return; the common feature of all our work, regardless of contract size, is the requirement that it contributes to positive social and economic impact. We simply call this ‘Positive Impact’. For the past 50 years, we have been helping our clients to see the world as interconnected in over 90 countries- by formulating strategies, building partnerships, and implementing programs that deliver lasting positive impact. We are experienced in implementing large, complex programmes supporting skills and employment and are currently delivering 30 programmes for the UK Government.
Programme Overview
The Refugee Employability Programme is a new initiative that offers enhanced support to defined cohorts of legally recognised refugees in the UK. Starting in September 2023, the programme will provide tailored support for each participant focussed on gaining sustainable employment. Palladium will work with employers, local government, and other community partners to ensure that individuals are fully supported with their journey back to employment and integration into UK society. The programme includes delivery of employability- focussed English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tuition for some of the defined cohorts.
Palladium is responsible for delivering the programme in the South East of England
Primary Duties and responsibilities:
As Case Manager, you will be responsible for delivering the front-line support to customers on the Home Office Refugee Employability Programme, ensuring that they receive excellent service which is compliant with all Home Office requirements.
Your responsibilities will include:
· Take responsibility for engaging with potential customers, explaining eligibility and bringing in referrals to the programme as part of a coordinated team approach.
· Be accountable for your caseload of assigned customers and working with them to address their learning, integration and employment needs in line with both contractual requirements and the individual’s needs. This will include:
o Building rapport and a positive working relationship with each customer.
o Assessing the customer’s starting position to decide how to best meet their needs.
o Creating and following through with individual Personal Development Plans, ensuring appropriate and effective activity is undertaken by each customer.
o Providing challenge, advice, and guidance where appropriate, to develop customers’ capability in the recruitment process ensuring they have the necessary skills and confidence to secure employment.
· Develop an understanding of specialist signposting services in the local area/region, so that you are able to source and refer customers to additional support when needed;
· Cultivate a welcoming environment and ensure a high level of engagement / re-engagement with customers;
· Work collaboratively as part of a small team to ensure excellent support for all customers;
· Deliver programme in accordance with contractual Service Level Agreements and company standards;
· Maintain customers’ records in accordance with data protection requirements so that personal information is safeguarded, and the customer journey is accurately recorded;
· Meet personal performance targets, Key Performance Indicators and Quality and Compliance measures by delivering high quality employability provision to customers, both remotely and face to face;
· Develop relationships and networks with key local stakeholders including employers to provide the best possible support for customers.
Skills and experience:
Required
· A passion for working with people
· Experience of working in a customer engagement and support-focused role
· Experience of providing one-to-one support and coaching to individuals with the ability to constructively challenge where needed
· Experience in the management of a caseload of individual customers according to a set of contractual standards and requirements
· A level of independence and professionalism to work independently
· Detail-oriented with strong organisational and communication skills
· The ability to be based in, and travel around designated catchment areas, candidates already based in Hampsire, Surrey and Sussex and Thames Valley are encouraged to apply.
Desirable
· Exposure to the challenges experienced by refugees or asylum seekers, or personal lived experience
· Experience delivering one-to-one employability support or ESOL assessments and training
· Trained in trauma-informed approaches and safeguarding
· Access to a reliable vehicle and a full, clean drivers licence
· Knowledge of languages including Amharic, Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Pashto, Spanish, Tigrinya, Urdu or Yoruba
Key Competencies:
· Ability to engage, motivate, challenge and inspire;
· Proactive and solution focused, bringing both creativity and practicality to bear;
· Excellent communication skills;
· Performance and target focused;
· Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills;
· The determination and drive to want to make a positive difference.
Location and compensation
You will primarily working on an outreach basis within the community and you will be given a base location. Any travel to meet customers outside the base location will be reimbursed in line with the travel policy.
Compensation: You will receive a salary in the range 26,000-29,000 GBP per annum, complemented by a comprehensive benefits package including private health insurance and up to 10% employer pension contributions.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that disabled applicants that meet the required criteria for this position will be offered an interview. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or any other circumstance, please let us know.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
Palladium is a Real Living wage Employer
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The Welfare Adviser will provide high quality specialist welfare benefits and housing advice, information and guidance to our service users, referring them internally and externally for additional advocacy and support as required, following organisational policies and procedures, and ensuring fulfilment of regulatory compliance with our Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accreditation, meeting the standards of quality in the delivery of advice services as required. The post-holder will work closely and collaboratively with other advisers, staff team members, interns, trainees, and volunteers as relevant, providing face-to-face advice, by telephone or other digital media.
Main accountabilities
- To provide LAH service users with high quality free specialist welfare benefits advice and guidance on income maximisation, that is accurate, effective, and tailored to their particular needs and circumstances.
- Manage an adequate caseload of enquiries from LAH service users in a condition of extreme financial need, including those who are homeless (or on the brink of homelessness).
- To contribute to the development of LAH Advice Programme, which aims to provide frontline, one-to-one advice and casework in key areas of need for the community, including welfare entitlements, housing, employment and immigration.
- Other accountabilities (Please refer to full job description document).
To apply please complete the application form attached to this post and the equal opportunities form and send it via email.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Homebased - London
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours with occasional weekend/evening work
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £46,225
Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme, Life Assurance, Season Ticket Loan, EAP Scheme
The Partnership and Engagement Manager is a pivotal member of our team, responsible for driving the strategic development of our corporate partnership function. This role is dedicated to leading and evolving Pact’s strategy to engage, retain, and grow corporate partnerships, ultimately boosting restricted, semi-restricted, and unrestricted income streams.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
New Business:
• Develop and Manage Pipeline: Build and oversee a robust pipeline of new business opportunities, navigating through the entire funding cycle.
• Identify and Cultivate Potential Support: Conduct research, prospecting, and cultivation to identify and attract potential corporate supporters.
• Diverse and Sustainable Pipeline: Perform horizon scanning to ensure our pipeline remains diverse and sustainable.
• Tailored Partnership Proposals: Create customised and persuasive partnership proposals and pitches.
• Expand Existing Partnerships: Leverage the potential of our current partners to develop new relationships.
• Cultivation Strategies: Implement and monitor effective corporate cultivation strategies, including prison-based events.
Account Management:
• Strengthen Relationships: Enhance our relationships and commitment with both existing and new partners.
• High-Quality Account Management: Provide top-tier account management to support continued commitment and growth, managing 10-14 current partners.
• Corporate Engagement Activities: Organise and execute corporate engagement activities, particularly prison-based, and collaborate with service colleagues to develop initiatives that meet the needs of those affected by imprisonment.
• Inspiring Reports and Updates: Produce compelling written reports and updates as part of partnership plans.
• By taking on this role, you will play a crucial part in driving the growth and sustainability of our corporate partnerships, ultimately contributing to the impactful work we do.
Organisation:
Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.
What we offer:
Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.
How to apply:
If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.
* We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Other information:
Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).
This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.
About us
Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.
Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.
Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.
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