The Project Worker will contribute to the provision of our ‘Changing Lives’ Resettlement service which supports people experiencing marginalisation or disadvantage as a result of homelessness, poverty, substance misuse, mental health problems or social isolation, to help them achieve settled and healthier lives.

Senior Engineer

£31,058 per annum

(plus a recruitment & retention allowance of £3,993pa)

(Ref:  SUS2875)

2 vacancies - 37.5 hours per week - based within England, Midlands & East

Sustrans is looking for Senior Engineers, who are passionate about sustainability, to help design and deliver outstanding cycling and walking infrastructure schemes to enable us to achieve our vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You will help develop and improve the National Cycle Network (NCN) through our “Paths for Everyone” work and partner with a range of stakeholders as we seek to upgrade the NCN into high quality traffic free or quiet back road routes.  “Liveable Towns and Cities” is another of our core priorities and will see you working on projects such as conceptual cycle super-highways, working hand in hand with local communities reshaping their streets and, alongside local authorities, unlocking the wider road network to encourage greater active travel.

We are looking for Engineers with strong highways background and a flair for delivering high quality infrastructure design. Engineers who can demonstrate a strong track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders and as technical experts within multi-disciplinary teams. In return we can support you to develop new skills and give you the freedom to express yourself creatively. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team where you can make a big impact and where we value the contribution and expertise of everyone.

We look forward to receiving your application.  Closing date for completed applications is 9am on Tuesday 2 June 2020.  Interviews will be held over Skype / Zoom on Wednesday 10 or Thursday 11 June 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

ASIRT are seeking to appoint a dynamic part-time Director with the ability to develop and deliver high quality services for vulnerable clients. This is a new, exciting, creative and challenging role for someone with a strong commitment to excellence, justice, and a firm belief in the rights of migrants and refugees.

We are a small, experienced team working in a challenging environment. We provide prompt, independent legal and advocacy support throughout the West Midlands for vulnerable and undocumented migrants and refugees. We submit representations to the Home Office, provide advice and advocacy support, influence policy, and run a specialist support service for children and young people.

You will have a proven track record of leading, managing and improving services and people, and experience of financial planning and administration. You will be a strong and creative strategic thinker, used to working on your own initiative and in partnership, motivating those around you to achieve their best. You will have excellent project management skills, a keen eye for detail and solid experience of managing charitable services and safeguarding children and adults.

Funding for this post is initially 1 year. However, subject to successful delivery of the existing funding agreement, ASIRT is eligible to apply for a further 3 years’ funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.

ASIRT’s board of Trustees would support a Director with commitment and a proven track record at ASIRT to seek funding to extend both the length and hours of the role, including through job share if desired, if there is evidence that this meets the needs of the organisation.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, spent or unspent, must be declared. An Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken.

Supported by the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales.

CVs will not be accepted. Due to current Covid-19 challenges applications by email only, but do contact us if this is significant problem for you. Interviews will be conducted remotely.

You will provide fantastic stewardship and support to community groups, organisations, family groups and volunteers with the aim of maximising income and delivering the community fundraising strategy. You will be driven and thrive on the challenge of setting and achieving ambitious goals and have excellent interpersonal and networking skills.

You will be maintaining existing relationships out in the community such as with schools and community groups but you will also be tasked with developing new ones. You will also be recruiting volunteers to spread the word on the fantastic work that this charity does to support families across Birmingham.

To be successful in this role you must have had experience of building relationships, developing new business and delivering excellent customer care and have the drive and motivation to work towards financial targets. You must be confident at building relationships across all levels and have excellent project management skills.

Support Coordinator

We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Association Service in Bromsgrove, with regular travel covering Worcestershire.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Office based in Bromsgrove with regular travel covering Worcestershire

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £23,100 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2021.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Cycle2Work scheme, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 28 June 2020

Interview Date: 9 July 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Association Service in Bromsgrove, with regular travel covering Worcestershire.

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Work with the local Health and Social services to receive referrals to support stroke survivors and their careers.
• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Provide regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals.
• Recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers that will support the service.

About You

Applicants are likely to have:

• A background in a health or caring profession, ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities and stroke.
• Excellent IT skills and a strong understanding of how to use data to improve quality.

Much of this role will be spent travelling in Worcestershire. We recommend discussing any mileage claims queries at interview stage, along with working hours (patterns).

A flexible approach to your role is essential, as is willingness to travel. The use of a car with business use cover is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice.

HR Shared Services Transformation Manager

To £660 a day (inside IR35)

Birmingham

• Are you an expereinced HR Shared Services Manager with transformation experience?
• Have you worked within a sizable, matrix environment?
• Have you exposure to payroll?

If so, read on.

A government grant funded organsiation are seeking a HR Shared Services Manager with a 12 month assignment.

Purpose
Primarily this role will lead on a functional transformation within the HR Shared Service and Payroll team, including implementation of a HR case management system, process improvements, and ensuring a best in class HRSS model is fully operational and is valued by the wider business.

Duties

The role holder will manage, lead and develop a team of HR Shared Service Advisors, (8 employees) Payroll Advisors (3 employees).

It is a complex leadership role covering different HR disciplines and the purpose of the role is to ensure collectively HR Shared Services team are delivering efficiently and effectively with the customer in mind, and to continually look to enhance the overall service proposition that the team deliver. They will be required to lead change, coach, develop and educate line managers and employees through HRSS life cycle, providing guidance, motivation, and solutions to ensure the delivery of the overarching HR Operational Team objectives.

Payroll

• Oversee all payroll processes, resourcing administration, and on boarding processes, in line with agreed SLAs.
• Ownership of the HR and payroll module of Oracle
• Leading and devising the payroll strategy, including organizational structure, and flexing the delivery model to keep pace with the growth of the company.

Shared Services Management

• Lead and manage the HR Shared Services team based in Birmingham to ensure consistent application of HR processes, and delivery of HR services within agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and in a customer centric way.

• Develop a team HR and payroll professionals that are detail conscious, ensuring that HR processes are delivered right first time, every time.
• Coach, mentor, train and support the HR Shared Services team in providing 'first-line' advice to line managers and employees in the application of HR policies and procedures.

Operational management

• With support of HRSLT lead any change projects within the department
• Support and develop the roll out of transformation project work such as employee self-service as the organisation moves to the new Oracle ERP system, ensuring managers deliver against their job role and performance objectives through their teams.
• Lead diverse audits internal and externally with NAO GIAA HMRC and audit regulators
• Working alongside the Head of HR Operations, wider HR directorate and the SLT to execute the Central Services strategy and plan which incorporates Employee Relations, Engagement & Wellbeing, Recruitment, Reward and Payroll.
• It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Essential criteria

• Leading transformational change projects within HR ideally HRSS/ Payroll within a Shared Services environment
• Knowledge of OD and HR transformation
• Knowledge of HR best practice, employment legislation, policy application and compliance with data protection regulations, combined with experience of practical application in the workplace.
• Knowledge of HR systems and their importance in delivering accurate, reliable data to the business
• Knowledge of payroll managing a gross risk of 100 million for payroll, taking responsibility for all implementation and adherence to the payroll strategy. This will include Governance & Reporting Standards, Risk & Control Framework and Key Performance and Risk Indicators.
• Functional Payroll knowledge
• Knowledge of tax policy, tax legislation and employment regulations as they relate to reporting to HMRC
• Knowledge of Leading HRSS in a SME function
• Knowledge of accounting principles, ability to understand impact of payroll activity on financial statements and effectively partner with Finance.

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Well, if you know any tax, legal, finance, HR or marketing candidates looking to move jobs please refer them to us and if we successfully find them a new job in the next 12 months we will send you £500 in high street vouchers of your choice.

As well as this we are looking to grow the Pro-Recruitment Group family and would be interested in any amazing Recruitment Consultants you think might like to work for us. £500 on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

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Hibiscus Housing Association Limited

 Registered Manager - Domiciliary Care

Registered Manager - Domiciliary Care £32,000 - £34,000 Full-time, Permanent

Hibiscus Domiciliary Care Agency provides reliable, flexible and affordable personal care people age 55 and over who value their independence. We are focused on providing the highest-quality care for older people in the comfort in their own homes and for the residents living at Hibiscus House. Hibiscus House was initially built to address the shortage of accommodation for older people from the black community. Today it boasts a vibrant mixed community of male and female residents.

Hibiscus Housing Association Limited is looking to recruit a Registered Manager, experienced in leading domiciliary care to lead the team, caring for elderly clients with conditions such as dementia and minor health conditions. Be responsible for the efficient delivery of the Dom-care service, manage resources, adapting to the changing needs of clients and providing exceptional quality care alongside ensuring compliance with CQC and relevant legislation.

We are looking for a highly skilled candidate with plenty of previous experience in domiciliary care management who can lead from the front and motivate the staff to provide the best quality of care for clients.

The successful Registered Manager will have a good track record in a similar position, determined, and business minded, commercially forward thinking and able to operate in a fast-paced work environment.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Contribute to the ongoing development of the organisation and a member of the Senior Management Team.
• Develop new business growth opportunities and strengthening existing client base
• Efficiently manage the day to day running of the domiciliary care business.
• Allocate resources and monitor performance to deliver high quality, safe and effective homecare to customers within budget.
• Manage all aspects of the domiciliary staff team.
• Provide strong leadership so staff are clear about their respective duties and responsibilities and have the support they need to carry out their roles safely.

The Candidate:

• The ideal candidate will have a background of working within domiciliary care management and much experience working with elderly clients with a dementia and other health conditions.
• A positive, forward thinking and very approachable personality is essential.
• Good understanding of the needs of people who require care and support at home and the principles of good care practice is essential for this role.
• This position would be ideally suited to a Registered Care Manager or a strong Deputy/Care Coordinator looking for a step up.
• Requirements (Essential) NVQ Level 4 in Health & Social Care or the equivalent qualification
• Have sound working knowledge of CQC requirements.
• Full UK Driver's licence and own vehicle.
• Be passionate about providing first rate care to people in their own homes.
• Be IT literate.

Summary:

We are seeking a candidate that has a genuine passion for the quality of services, is hands on and wants to be a visible leader. You will successfully oversee and develop the domiciliary service and motivate a team to deliver the best quality of care. In exchange we are offering a competitive salary depending on candidate experience and qualifications.

The successful candidate will have experience in business development; and

• The ability to nurture key customer relationships with Local Authorities, NHS and private commissioners of services
• Must have a sound working knowledge of CQC regulation/standards and be able to lead the team’s development and success in delivering high quality, person-centred services
• Have knowledge of working with the elderly and dementia population with management experience within a domiciliary setting

Hours:  8.30-.4.30 Monday – Thursday and 8.30-4.00, Friday

Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Reports to: Chief Officer

Support Coordinator

We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to join our Stroke Association Service in Bromsgrove, with regular travel covering Worcestershire.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Office based in Bromsgrove with regular travel covering Worcestershire

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary: Circa £13,800 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2021.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Cycle2Work scheme, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 31 May 2020

Interview Date: 30 June 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Work with the local Health and Social services to receive referrals to support stroke survivors and their careers.
• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Provide regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals.
• Recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers that will support the service.

About You

Applicants are likely to have:

• A background in a health or caring profession, ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities and stroke.
• Excellent IT skills and a strong understanding of how to use data to improve quality.

Much of this role will be spent travelling in Worcestershire. We recommend discussing any mileage claims queries at interview stage, along with working hours (patterns).

A flexible approach to your role is essential, as is willingness to travel. The use of a car with business use cover is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice.

Are you ambitious, keen to create wonderful experiences for supporters and develop new ideas?

During your twelve months as Community and Events Fundraising Manager (maternity cover) at John Taylor Hospice you will join a small, ambitious team generating funds to make every moment matter for people at the end of their life. We are looking for someone who shares our values of excellent supporter care, pride in our fundraising profession and a determination to succeed.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, this role will be responsible for our flagship Sunset Walk event, developing a portfolio of new, exciting events and supporting community fundraising initiatives. This will require a significant amount of proactive work to generate new business, and imagination and creativity to deliver high quality events. The role is responsible for securing and delivering new audiences for events, and providing an excellent level of supporter care to existing supporters. The post-holder will plan and manage their activity to deliver agreed income targets for community campaigns and events.

Senior Finance Assistant

Are you an experienced Finance Assistant looking for a new challenge, working for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people?

Position: Senior Finance Assistant

Location: Coventry

Salary: £25k per annum

Duration: Full time, permanent

Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays pro rata, benefits scheme offering discounts and cashback at high street shops and major supermarkets, gyms etc., Free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support

Interviews: Due to Covid-19 Interviews will be held remotely online

About the role:

Our client offers care and support services to people with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries, mental health support needs and other complex care needs, helping them to live life to the full. They are seeking a highly motivated Senior Finance Officer to work within their Purchase Ledger function ensuring accurate and complete posting of all purchase ledger transactions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring strong internal controls in respect of matching purchase orders and supplier invoices.
• Ensuring monthly and periodic balance sheet reconciliations are undertaken and reviewed.
• Ensuring a structured approach to supplier reconciliations.
• Working closely with the Financial Accountants to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the nominal ledger.
• Reviewing and challenging current processes and procedures and looking for continuous improvement.
• Matching, batching and coding of invoices
• Assisting in bank reconciliations as and when required.
• Liaising with suppliers & internal/external stakeholders

About You:

The successful Senior Finance Assistant will possess a positive ‘can-do’ attitude, other skills and experience required for this role include:

• Significant proven experience in a similar finance / purchase ledger role
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• The ability to cope well under pressure.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team and excited about a career in accounts.
• The ability to work off your own initiative and willingness to learn.
• Fantastic IT Skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication skills and confident liaising with other areas of the business.

If you feel you possess the right skills for this role, then apply today and join our client’s friendly team!

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Purchase Ledger, Senior Purchase Ledger, Purchase Ledger Clerk, Sales & Purchase Ledger Officer, Accounts Payable & Receivables Officer, Finance Officer, Payroll and Purchase Ledger Officer, Accounts Payable Officer, Purchase Ledger Manager etc.

Recruitment during Covid-19
During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be through video call.
Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place

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

This is an exciting time to join our innovative and dynamic Birmingham Essential Skills team as we work to end the homelessness of our members by supporting their learning and inclusion needs.

About the role
As Essential Skills and Inclusion tutor you will be responsible for the delivery of basic skills sessions in literacy, numeracy and digital inclusion. You will work across teams in a reflective, proactive way to ensure best outcomes for your learners and individuals for whom you are a lead worker.

About you
To be successful in this role you will:
Have experience in delivering essential skills sessions and hold or working towards a teaching qualification.
Display effective inclusion practices with a working knowledge of accessibility issues, specifically those related to digital inclusion, additional learning needs and ESOL.
Have experience of working with vulnerable, disengaged or hard to reach adults and/or young people.
Have experience of delivering personalised outcomes within an ever-changing environment.

The ability to build positive relationships with people from all sectors.

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

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

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

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

Closing date: Monday 15 June 2020 (11.59pm)
Interviews: Thursday 25 June 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness. If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team by email, contact details can be found on our webpage.

To see our work in action please visit our website

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094