Head of Projects and Programmes
Reference: NOV20219624
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £40,800 - £45,263 per annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK, the RSPB has an ambitious programme of work transforming its approach to saving nature.

Recognising that people are at the heart of delivering this, we have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to lead our People Programme. You will lead a team of project managers to deliver the organisational workforce and leadership changes that is described in our newly designed RSPB Strategy that defines who we are and what we will deliver over the next 10 years.

You will have responsibility for leading your team, and engaging and influencing widely across the RSPB, to deliver complex cross organisational programmes and projects. You will ensure that projects and programmes are fully defined, establish effective project teams, and ensure the best outcomes for people and nature are delivered on time and on budget. You will use a range of project techniques to respond to a variety of opportunities and challenges and will coach and support your team to constantly develop and improve.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Programme management skills, with the ability to successfully manage complex programmes, managing risks, cost, time, and project teams.
• Demonstrable ability to manage changes within programmes
• Visible, inspiring, and effective leadership of direct teams, with the ability to engage and lead virtual teams without line management authority.
• Diplomacy, collaboration, and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence others, both internally and externally.
• Attention to detail and ability to understand financial systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present, influence and represent the organisation.
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Ability to design programmes in response to organisational strategy.
• Ability to deliver organisational and cultural change.

This is a Permanent, Full-Time role; however, we are open to applications from candidates looking to fulfil this contract flexibly for 30-37.5 hours per week, pro-rata.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Closing Date: Thursday 23rd December 2021
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from January 2022.

To Apply and for more information:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham, London or Manchester

£24,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented individual to join our Programmes team as a Programmes Senior Co-ordinator (internally known as Programmes Senior Associate). The role is responsible for delivering the day to day communications with stakeholders on a cohort, programme or range of our programmes, ensuring an excellent level of customer service.

You'll provide the interface between the organisation and our stakeholders, liaising with other teams to ensure that full programme requirements are communicated and fulfilled. As well as supporting end to end programme management for the area you are responsible for. As the Senior Associate, the role may include oversight and coordination of Programme Associates, acting as a point of escalation, and helping to develop longer-term programme management plans.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, you’ll provide high-quality handling of in-bound queries (e.g. from participants or delivery partners), escalating where appropriate in line with agreed escalation policies, and seeking to build a friendly, professional and warm relationship with stakeholders. You’ll collect and review stakeholder feedback and follow up where appropriate in line with team ways of working, and contribute to continuous improvement across the team.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require a robust, agile and creative individual to fulfil the needs of the organisation. It is essential that you have an excellent understanding of customer service standards and have prioritisation, organisation and planning skills. In this role you will need to use your initiate to make improvements and have strong analytical skills with the ability to interrogate data and identify trends.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.

• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.

• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 8 December 2021. Interviews are expected to take place on 14 December 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Early Years Development Project Worker

OASIS HUB FOUNDRY and BOULTON

PART-TIME, 12 HOURS PER WEEK (0.3 FTE)

12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

SALARY:  £7,089 per annum for 12 hours/week (£23,630 full time equivalent)

Oasis Charitable Trust’s vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.

Our Oasis Hub Foundry has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Early Years Development Project Worker to deliver a programme of activities and opportunities that support the personal and social development of the young people within the local community based in Birmingham.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Manage new volunteers, including recruiting and identifying training needs
• To start a Stay and Play group - Covid guidelines allowing
• Develop strong relationships with both academies to support the families and children
• Engage with other local groups for sign posting and to offer relevant support

The successful post holder must have:

• Experience of working with pre-school age children
• Experience working with a vulnerable families in difficult circumstances
• Able to function in diverse settings and with a wide range of partners

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. As part of the package, Oasis offers:

• Flexible working where possible with family friendly policies
• A non-contributory pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
• A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)

If you are interested in this position, please email us vis the Oasis Chartiabe Trust website. (CVs alone will not be accepted).

Completed applications should be returned by 9am Friday 3rd December 2021.

Interviews will take place in Oasis Hub Foundry shortly after the closing date.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. 

The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1026487

Are you looking for a role that is diverse, stimulating and rewarding every day? We are looking to recruit a vibrant Support Coordinator to join our supported living management team in Rugeley, Staffordshire. The ideal candidate will be a caring and compassionate leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for supporting individuals with learning disabilities.

You will be responsible for the management of our supported living services located in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Our service provides varying levels of care to 14 individuals with a range of support needs which can include learning disabilities. Some of the individuals require personal care, help taking medication and with other day to day tasks. Others are more independent and enjoy going out into the community alone.

You will need at least two years of experience of supporting people with learning disabilities and experience of staff supervision and management. Driving is also an essential requirement for this role as you will be expected to travel between services. This is a temporary position for 12 months with the possibility of extension.

You will be responsible for managing our excellent staff team and supporting our services users. You will ensure that our service users are encouraged to fulfil their passions and enjoy a range of activities within their homes and out in the community. Our service users love shopping, afternoon tea, walking, going to restaurants and much more.

Support Coordinator Duties:

• Leading on the quality of the service and to ensure that it meets our quality standards and that of Care Quality Commission,
• Ensure we meet the needs of the service users we support and fulfil our contractual requirements,
• Provide direct care and support to service users including giving personal care
• Co-ordinate tailored Personal Support Plans for service users,
• Coach, advise and mentor staff in all aspects of service delivery,
• Encourage service users to engage in a range of activities that meet their health, wellbeing and cultural needs,
• Develop warm and trusting relationships with service users and their families enabling them to enjoy their time at the service to the fullest,
• Work closely with senior management and other bodies/health and social care professionals
• Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of our services.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period. 

Flexible within England & Wales

Employment type: Fixed Term

Department: Funded Programmes

Contract Duration: 31 March 2022

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

As a Service Delivery Coordinator you will sit within the Wales Funded Services Team which is responsible for the operational design, implementation and delivery of core client facing services in Wales delivered by Citizens Advice at its network of local Citizens Advice.

You will work with Service Delivery Managers to support the effective management of delivery of Wales Funded Services, in accordance with agreed grant requirements.
Monitoring the performance of our projects is vital to ensuring that our services achieve what we set out to deliver. We are looking for someone who is driven to ensure we make a difference to people's lives.

The role will involve monitoring sub-grant compliance and performance of the delivery partners through effective communication and reporting and you will be their first point of contact for support with delivering the projects.  

You’ll also contribute to developing the services and implementing best practice systems and processes to ensure that the Citizens Advice Cymru service is ready to take advantage of opportunities.

Our commitment to flexible working extends to where we work. As Covid restrictions ease, Citizens Advice are moving towards a permanent mix of office and home based working which will give much more choice to staff, while still maintaining the best of collaborative working.

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

As Reall grows we need a motivated and highly organised Partnerships Co-ordinator to join our team. We are looking for an individual who has at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role, and who wants to develop their career within an exciting and continually growing for-purpose organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, this is a key role supporting the technical Project Managers’ cluster, to work with Partners across Africa and Asia to assess, approve, and monitor the delivery of a portfolio of ‘build’ and ‘broker’ projects, demonstrating the investable proposition of the affordable housing market through market-transforming projects and a commercially viable and sustainable affordable home.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, which are available by clicking through to apply for this role.

Please ensure that you upload both a CV and a covering letter explaining why you are applying for this role, in order for your application to be considered.

You must have the right to live and work in the UK to apply for this role.  Visa sponsorship is not available.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence. This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk averse.

A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Reall is committed to equality and diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, and those who have disabilities, because we believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important for our organisation and will lead to greater results and enhance our way of working.

Are you looking for a role that is diverse, stimulating and rewarding every day? We are looking to recruit a vibrant Support Coordinator to join our supported living management team in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. The ideal candidate will be a caring and compassionate leader with excellent communication skills and a passion for supporting individuals with learning disabilities.

You will be responsible for the management of our supported living services located in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. You will need at least two years of experience of supporting people with learning disabilities and experience of staff supervision and management. Driving is also an essential requirement for this role as you will be expected to travel between services.

You will be responsible for managing our excellent staff team and supporting our services users. You will ensure that our service users are encouraged to fulfil their passions and enjoy a range of activities within their homes and out in the community. Our service users love shopping, afternoon tea, walking, going to restaurants and much more.

Support Coordinator Duties:

• Leading on the quality of the service and to ensure that it meets our quality standards and that of Care Quality Commission,
• Ensure we meet the needs of the service users we support and fulfil our contractual requirements,
• Provide direct care and support to service users including giving personal care
• Co-ordinate tailored Personal Support Plans for service users,
• Coach, advise and mentor staff in all aspects of service delivery,
• Encourage service users to engage in a range of activities that meet their health, wellbeing and cultural needs,
• Develop warm and trusting relationships with service users and their families enabling them to enjoy their time at the service to the fullest,
• Work closely with senior management and other bodies/health and social care professionals
• Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of our services.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• A one-off bonus of £100 upon successful completion of the 4-month probationary period.
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• Free employee support programme
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out-of-hours teams
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period. 

The Opportunity

We are excited to be recruiting a Data Coordinator to join our Research and Impact Department. You’ll work with your team to deliver the goals set out in Join the Club, our ambitious strategy for 2021-2026. Our new strategy builds on the extensive research and impact work that we have undertaken as an organisation over the last five years; from randomised controlled trials, matched-control groups, to large-scale quantitative analysis, we have been able to understand how our programmes support young people to progress to the most competitive universities.

The Data Coordinator will play a key part in supporting the evaluation of our student access and success programmes. The role will involve collating, processing and analysing data, ensuring that high quality evidence is included in our impact reports for stakeholders. Within the role, there will also be opportunities to carry out discrete data analysis projects to support the development of the programmes. The Research and Impact Department consists of five members who often work flexibly and collaboratively to achieve key goals. In this role, you will work closely with the Impact and Analysis Manager and Impact and Analysis Officer, as well as the programme teams.

The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Person Specification 

Time and Resource Management

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resource.

Communication

• Confidence communicating complex information to a range of audiences.

Initiative and Problem Solving

• Proactivity use data to inform programme delivery and developments.
• Ability to spot inefficiencies in systems and suggest or implement improvements.

Developing Self and Others

• Self-reflective and committed to own professional development.

Role Specific Experience and Qualifications

• Essential – Undergraduate degree in a subject involving quantitative research.
• Desirable – Previous work experience in a professional environment.

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Essential – Experience of using Excel or a similar software package.
• Essential – Experience of analysing large-scale quantitative data.
• Desirable – Experience of using Salesforce (or other CRM systems) and advanced software packages (e.g., SPSS, Stata, R, Tableau, Python).
• Desirable – Experience of producing evaluation/impact reports and presenting findings to a range of audiences. 

Do you have the commitment and positive values to make a difference to the lives of people we support in Birmingham?

Creative Support is a non-profit organisation which provides high quality person centred social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs. We are currently recruiting a Recovery Coordinator to join the management team at the Birmingham Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub Service.

As a Recovery Coordinator, you will be working alongside both the Project Manager and Service Manager; supporting a vibrant programme of recovery and wellbeing support for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. This service is delivered from Hubs in Yardley and Northfield by a dedicated team of Recovery Navigators and volunteers. The role will require you to work flexibly across both locations.

As a Recovery Coordinator you will assist in the operational management of high quality, meaningful and effective Hub based services for individuals with a range of mental health needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deputising and supporting the management team in co-ordination of all aspects of service delivery.
• Ensuring pro-active referral allocation and caseload management.
• Leading on the recruitment, supervision and embedding of volunteers within the service.
• Promoting and increasing co-production, service user involvement and positive partnerships.
• Ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the Hubs, guaranteeing a high quality service is delivered at all times.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE

We are looking for a Full Time Specialist Welfare Benefit Advisor/Student Coordinator to head up an exciting appeals service project in collaboration with Coventry University

Specialist Welfare Benefit Advisor and Student Coordinator

Based at our Coventry Office

(remote working as appropriate during pandemic)

Salary negotiable up to £30,190 based on experience

Job share or part time working may be considered

Previous Applicants need not apply

Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other support services.  We work tirelessly to fulfil our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody can thrive.

At the heart of its approach is total commitment to services that address all the interconnected problems people face in their everyday lives. Poverty lies at the core of these issues.  We need to build a stronger response that reaches those who are least likely to know that they have legal rights.

This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist welfare benefits advisor to join an established and well-respected welfare benefits team and head up an exciting project in collaboration with Coventry University.  This project enables students to provide advice and advocacy for clients of the Law Centre who wish to appeal decisions made about their disability related benefits.  By working in partnership with the University the Law Centre can offer advice and representation to clients who otherwise may not be able to obtain representation and to provide a range of opportunities for Law students to gain practical experience while completing their degrees. The project has been running successfully for two years now and has had a very high success rate on the appeals, as well as getting great feedback from the students.

You will be responsible for running the project, recruiting the students, providing relevant training and support and managing the through put of cases.  You will also have the opportunity to take on your own cases and work within a highly skilled welfare benefits team. 

The Law Centre is in the heart of the City and a 5-minute walk from the railway station.  Our terms and conditions include a 37-hour week, 28 days holiday (rising to 35 days after 5 years service) plus 8 statutory days, and pension scheme membership.

Salary

Salary negotiable up to £30,190 based on experience

Closing date:  9th December 2021

Interviews:  15th December 2021

We strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Duties and Responsibilities

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems.
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users.
• To keep accurate records of financial transitions in line with BSWA’s procedures.
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date.
• To monitor and evaluate the refuge service via various methods including feedback from service users and by producing statistical information.
• To keep inventories of all refuge contents.
• To contribute where appropriate to the preparation of returns for funders.

Support Work:

• To produce and regularly review Individual Support Plans (ISP) for each service user, in conjunction with the service user.
• To recognise women and children’s individual needs and refer to specialist agencies where necessary as part of their ISP.
• To identify the needs of women and children leaving BSWA refuge after being offered permanent accommodation.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate.
• To ensure the primary needs of residents are met. This includes medical, financial, housing, legal and education rights.
•  To organise activities and celebrations in the refuge for women and children which raise self-esteem, bring people together and broaden awareness.
• To assist women in making claims for any welfare benefits that they may be entitled to.
• To ensure that appropriate applications are made for re-housing.
• To accompany women as appropriate and agreed by your line manager, to case conferences and meetings that may affect their own and/or their children’s welfare.
• To make representations, as appropriate and agreed by your line manager, to external bodies in support of women and children.
• To keep the refuge ‘welcome pack’ up-to-date.
• Devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women and children living in refuge, in agreement with your line manager.

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuge, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. maintaining BSWA communication records
2. following safety procedures
3. carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
4. attending team and project meetings

• To attend in-house training.
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager.
• To participate in multi-agency work and to develop a professional working relationship with external agencies.
• To contribute towards your project’s quarterly Management Committee report.
• To be involved in the Annual Review process.

Premises and Equipment:

·To take referrals and welcome women and children into the refuge.

• To ensure that the appropriate agreements related to tenancies are completed.
• To ensure that the appropriate agreements related to support are completed.
• To ensure that the refuge revenue is collected by completing housing benefit forms and all personal contributions are collected on a weekly basis, in advance.
• To report to your line manager any difficulties in relation to the collection of rent and other charges.
• To ensure that any house rules are read and understood by new tenants and that all residents comply with them.

Training:

• To identify and attend training relevant to the post in agreement with your line manager.

• To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users.
• To raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and of the BSWA services.

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women, young people and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation.
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation, adhering to BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
• To maintain an awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence on a national and local level with a particular reference to those of relevance to refuge work.
• To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout.
• To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times.
• To support volunteers in the delivery of BSWA services.
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA.
• To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager.
• To participate in 24 hour on call cover and provide emergency cover.
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise incidentally, develop, or be assigned commensurate with the post.

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

Location: Flexible in the UK

The Prince's Trust's Delivery and Programme Development teams are both looking for a project manager to plan and coordinate all our activities working towards our exciting 2021-25 strategy.

You will work with a range of colleagues across both teams to identify key priorities and how we will achieve them, encouraging and facilitating collaborative working and problem-solving.  Using effective planning tools and your organisational skills, you will ensure activities are on track to achieve our goals and deliverables. 

You will be confident working across a range of projects, be able to identify cross-cutting themes and be flexible and determined in your approach to tackle and resolve complex issues.  And of course, you will need to have real enthusiasm about supporting young people across the UK who need our help the most.

For more information and to apply, please click 'apply now' to be directed to our website. 

The Opportunity

We are excited to be recruiting a Communities and Special Projects Officer to join our Communities team. You’ll work with your team to deliver the goals set out in Join the Club, our ambitious strategy for 2021-2026.

As part of our new strategy, we want to better connect with, listen to and mobilise the communities we work with. This role will play an integral part in building our parent, alumni and PhD communities, You will help to scale our ground-breaking Parent Power projects, supporting with the development of local communities and creation of a national parent network. You will listen to and work with our programme alumni to improve The Brilliant Club’s activity by leading on the operational delivery of our Experience Experts Panel. Our PhD community already includes thousands of tutors, and you will harness their power by working closely with the Head of Communities to develop our PhD Changemakers scheme. You will also work with our Student Success and Academic Development team to support the delivery of access and student success projects which sit outside the charity’s core programmes - TSP, BTP and RIS.

The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Person Specification 

Time and Resource Management

• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resources
• Manages projects, with appropriate levels of time and resource input

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management

• Confidence handling enquiries from external stakeholders and adapting approach to meet different needs

• Actively shares useful information about stakeholders with internal colleagues at all levels

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Confidence presenting and delivering teaching to a range of audiences including school-aged children and adults

Initiative and Problem Solving

• Proactivity in seeking to enhance processes and identifying emerging risks
• Ability to spot inefficiencies in systems and suggest or implement improvements
• Responds quickly to solve problems, seeking input from relevant internal stakeholders

Developing Self and Others

• Self-reflective and committed to own professional development
• Committed to the development of others

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Essential – Capable of adapting quickly to new systems and interfaces
• Essential – Able to take a relational approach when working with others
• Desirable – Knowledge of community organising tools, including relational 1-1s and storytelling
• Desirable - Confident in using digital systems for delivery.

Role specific Experience and Qualifications

• Essential – Qualified teacher (QTS or above) or academic research experience (PhD or above) or substantial experience of delivering a university access or community programme
• Desirable – Two year’s professional experience
• Desirable – One year’s experience of managing education programmes incl. design and delivery
• Desirable – Demonstrable experience in university access

Complex Needs Family Support IDVAs

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Salary:   £24, 982

Job Purpose: To deliver tailored, holistic support to women and their children affected by domestic abuse and living in the community, including practical and emotional support to increase their safety and meet identified needs.

Responsible To: Family Support Services Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Support work:

• To work with women to identify their, and their children’s, support needs and incorporate these into support plans
• To assess risk and to safety plan with women, reviewing assessments and risks regularly
• To provide practical support on a range of issues including housing, benefits, legal matters, and emotional support to enable women’s recovery from their experiences of abuse.
• To develop and deliver one-to-one support programmes for children to enable them to explore their experiences of abuse and address issues arising from this.
• To design and deliver group sessions for children to build confidence and participation within a mutually supportive environment.
• To support mothers to enable them to understand and support their children emotionally and practically and to build confidence in their own parenting skills.
• To deliver family support sessions with mothers and children designed to rebuild communication and develop strong parent-child relationships.
• To work alongside colleagues at BSWA’s Home Options Hub to provide advice and support to women around housing options and develop individual housing action plans with women, supporting women and children through their resettlement process where relevant
• To facilitate access to BSWA and its services and to refer and signpost into specialist statutory and community services where necessary to help meet needs
• To work within the monitoring and evaluation procedures for the project including encouraging feedback from service users and producing statistical information

Development:

Ø  To identify and develop support strategies to meet the needs of women and children seeking support

• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users and relevant monitoring data collected and recorded
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend in-house training
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA and local multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010).