Poplar HARCA is an award-winning housing association. We have a national reputation for our innovative approach to urban and social regeneration.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual who is flexible and willing to go the extra mile for our residents.

As part of the Communities and Neighbourhoods Team, your main areas of work will revolve around supporting and maintaining good relationships with our residents and partners and connecting with hard-to-reach residents. You should be creative and willing to learn about all aspects of community work.

Reporting to the Community Projects and Partnerships Officer you will contribute to the delivery of an exciting range of services to a diverse range of communities. You will also assist in supervising volunteers and capacity building residents to create and run their own projects.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks will be undertaken for the successful applicants, but only with their prior consent.

The Centre for Ageing Better is an independent charitable foundation. We believe that more people living longer represents a huge opportunity for society and we want everyone to enjoy a good later life. But changes are needed so more people are in good health, are financially secure, are socially connected, and have a sense of meaning and purpose in later life. Our new strategy sets out an ambition to do more on all these fronts.

As Innovation and Change Officer you will ensure that our projects to promote innovation and evidence-based practice are managed effectively and efficiently. You will work with senior colleagues to scope, commission and manage projects, ensure timely reporting and support project learning and communications. You will capture case studies and lessons from our project work, and provide support across the wider team to ensure the quality of our innovation and change activities.

The successful candidate will have excellent project management skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and manage delivery risks proactively. You will have experience of contract/grant management and working with suppliers and third parties to ensure timeliness, quality and cost control. You will be comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously. A collaborative approach and a focus on supporting others to achieve results are essential.

To apply please send a CV and covering letter addressing how you meet the criteria for the role. The closing date for this role is 9am on Thursday 7th March with interviews to take place on Tuesday 19th March. Flexible working options will be considered. 

Please complete the attached Equality and Diversity form and return alongside your covering letter and CV.

About The Advocacy Project

We help the most marginalised and vulnerable people in London make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns

• understand their rights

• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

  We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer. 

About the role

We’re looking for a manager who has excellent advocacy knowledge, skills and experience. This role involves supporting managers and advocates to develop a consistent approach to advocacy across the organisation.

This person will support managers with how to continually review and reflect on evidence about their service, identify areas to celebrate and areas to develop.

The post-holder will have extensive advocacy experience and expertise particularly around non-instructed advocacy within IMCA, Care Act and IMHA.

Some examples of what’s expected of the post-holder might include:

• running a best practice forum once a month to support managers to manage and escalate safeguarding concerns

• running a coaching programme around non-instructed advocacy across all advocacy types.

  The post-holder will provide expert advice and coaching of complex cases to service managers and senior advocates including IMCA, Care Act Advocacy, RPR and IMHA. They will support people to reflect and develop their practice one-to-one and in groups. The role includes facilitating workshops, providing casework support to managers and embedding policies and practice across the organisation.

Advocacy practice

The post-holder will be an advanced practitioner who has excellent advocacy skills, knowledge and experience to deal with complex cases across advocacy types.

Job description

• Support advocates and managers to develop best practice.

• Facilitate best practice forums and provide clear and concise guidance on how to progress complex advocacy situations. Examples include when to take a case to the Court of Protection, when to escalate a safeguarding concern, how to understand non-instructed advocacy within non-IMCA services.

Person specification

• At least 3 years delivering IMCA, CAA or IMHA themselves including non-instructed within each of these.

• Hold the Independent Advocacy Diploma preferably in IMCA and Care Act.

• Experience of working with people who have health and social care needs.

• Passionate about supporting people to have their voices heard, feel in control of decisions about their lives and have their rights upheld.

IT skills including database experience or prepared to learn this within 3 months.

Safeguarding practice

The post-holder’s work will enable us be vigilant to situations where someone has been or might be at risk of abuse and/or neglect.

Job description

• Identify and respond to concerns about abuse and/or neglect.

• Deliver training and coaching around safeguarding.

• Support managers to make sure safeguarding practice is person-centred, focusing on supporting the person to be safe in a way they want.

• Support managers when and how to escalate safeguarding concerns internally and within the local authority if concerns remain.

Person specification

• A track record in supporting people to understand and embed robust safeguarding policies that support a person in the most person-centred way possible.

• Experience of building excellent working relationships and open communication with local safeguarding professionals, focused on supporting the person to be safe in a way they want.

• An excellent understanding of national legislation and policy relating to adult safeguarding.

• Understanding key legislation and national policy to guide our safeguarding practice

• Excellent presentation skills

Quality management

The post-holder will help us review what we do, celebrate our advocates’ outstanding work, and use information from different sources to improve how we meet people’s needs.

Job description

• Work with team members to gather and analyse information.

• Actively celebrate the impact of the work we do and identify areas to develop.

Plan, implement and review actions to remedy areas of development.

Person specification

• Experience of gathering and analysing information to identify strengths and areas of service development.

• Experience of planning, implementing and reviewing action to remedy areas of development.

• An excellent knowledge of advocacy standards.

Extensive skills to manage change which inspires staff to work together to develop their practice.

Values and attributes

All team members – regardless of their role within The Advocacy Project – need to be able to show values and attributes which help us in our mission to give an outstanding service to the people we support and be an excellent place to work.

• Be part of a team to make the organisation a great place to work.

• Participate in personal and organisational development, including team meetings and training.

• Continually look for evidence of strengths and areas of development. Be open to requesting and taking feedback from your team and other stakeholders to support your development. Ask for support if you don’t know the answer or need help in a particular area.

• Contribute to organisational reporting and communications.

• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

• Work to our mission, vision, and values.

Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.

How to apply

Send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how your experience meets the person specification.

Upload your application via our website on

Closing date: 23 January 2020 at 11.30pm Interviews: w/c 27th January 2020

Do you have proven experience of project or business planning, ideally gained within a Business Development or relevant context? Then join Shelter as a Development Officer and you could soon be playing a key role in helping us to generate additional income and develop new products and services.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

About the Role

You’ll be joining a Business Development team that’s focussed on maintaining and growing our services. In practice, this means securing income through bidding for statutory funded contracts, developing new products and services that better meet the needs of our clients and working with, and developing, current services. As a Development Officer, we’ll rely on you to help deliver our Hub income generation and development goals. One day you might be supporting income generation projects, including the completion of tenders, the next, proactively pursuing development opportunities. Producing content for bids, Selection Questionnaires, business cases and cost estimations will be important too. And, when it comes to helping to project manage contract mobilisation/implementation, carrying out research or contributing to wider team projects, again, we’ll count on you.

About you
You’ll need a basic knowledge of public sector commissioning or grant making and experience of, or a keen interest in, playing your part in a business development team. The ability to produce high quality written content for proposals, tenders and written submissions and maintain accurate and current records is essential too. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively, you’re great at building a network of good relationships. What’s more, you respond positively to change and are willing to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate. Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel is also required.

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Business Development team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

The Grey Coat Hospital, founded in 1698 is a Church of England school for girls aged eleven to eighteen with a mixed Sixth Form. The historic foundation of the school and its current ethos are rooted in a confident and generous Christian faith and practice, which welcomes students and staff of all backgrounds and beliefs. The school is situated in the heart of central London close to excellent transport links. We are a heavily oversubscribed comprehensive school for girls with excellent examination results.

Development Officer 3 days a week (term time)

The Development Officer will play a central role in implementing the new fundraising campaign strategy for the school.  The role will involve phone and face-to-face contact with parents and alumnae, so the ability to connect with people will be important. During the initial phase of the appointment the post holder will be supported by our Fundraising Consultant.

The role involves:

Managing fundraising communications, submitting applications for funding to charitable trusts and companies and be responsible for thanking donors.

Acting as a central point of contact for the fundraising campaign and as the initial principal point of contact for external campaign-related enquiries.

Maintaining the giving database, managing event attendance and meetings and regularly producing reports on pledges, redemption schedules and statistics as required by the overseeing committees.

Managing the alumnae database, delivering an engagement strategy to develop strong relations with former students and manage alumnae events, which may involve occasional work at weekends and evenings.

The ideal candidate will be:

Educated to degree level or equivalent, or to have comparable relevant experience and have previous experience of the sector.  They will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and friendly with an eye for detail.  They will be able to deliver on deadlines and be flexible about the duties and hours needed to fulfil the brief. They will also have a basic understanding of GDPR and the need for discretion and confidentiality.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.

NEA, the national energy efficiency and fuel poverty charity, is currently recruiting for an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated Project Development Co-ordinator to assist the charity to deliver innovative projects to tackle fuel poverty.  Working in partnership with central and local government, fuel utilities, the health sector, consumer groups and NGOs, NEA aims to eradicate fuel poverty and promote energy efficiency to low-income and other vulnerable households.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a range of projects which will demonstrate good practice in delivery of affordable warmth for low income and vulnerable householders. This will require an understanding of the development of partnership working with local authorities, housing providers, energy sector partners and community sector or health sector agencies.

This post provides an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help the charity deliver its work programme and build its profile amongst regional stakeholders whilst developing and working on projects that bring social benefits and improvements to the well-being of low income and vulnerable householders whilst also meeting environmental goals. 

NEA is looking to base this post in our London office, based in Brixton.  However, as NEA is a national charity, there is an expectation that delivery of project activity may also require periodic travel throughout England.  This post will report to a Project Development Manager based in Buxton, Derbyshire.

Do you want to help make the world a better place with your versatile, entrepreneurial, results-driven, and partnership-oriented skills? We are seeking a Program Officer based in New York or London to join our Economic Justice Special Initiatives team. The team designs, initiates and manages a diverse set of bold, often early-stage, high-risk, high-agency interventions to advance economic justice globally. 

The Open Society Foundations works to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. We are active in more than 120 countries, making us the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

The Economic Justice Program works globally to promote economic systems and practices that build more equitable, sustainable, and democratic societies. In pursuit of its mission, the Program makes grants to civil society organizations, supports advisory services to reformist governments, undertakes and supports movement-building and advocacy, and deploys impact investments through the Soros Economic Development Fund. The Special Initiatives team works with all of these tools, drawing upon the talents and resources of colleagues from across and beyond OSF to help enact many of the initiatives it pursues.

We seek a Program Officer passionate about economic justice. The candidate would join EJP’s Special Initiatives Team of three people. Though small, the team works closely with colleagues from across the Program and Organization to lead a significant basket of work. The team is responsible for many interventions that either directly support areas within the Program’s emerging strategy or that transcend multiple issue areas.

The initiatives tend to fall into three categories:

1. Responses to fast-emerging (unplanned) opportunities or challenges in the world;
2. Seeding or scaling proof-of-concept projects to test innovative products, services or processes;
3. Collaborative partnerships within Open Society Foundations.

Some examples include: mobilizing advisory response packages to reformist governments in Africa; helping to launch innovative investment funds for vulnerable populations in Europe; initiating a research program to examine affirmative action economic policy; helping to prototype an emerging technologies to advance portable social benefits; mobilizing to challenge the incursion of extractive finance into the affordable housing sector in the US, and many more.

We off ample opportunities to learn and grow, from annual professional development allowances to onsite trainings and brown bag lunches with visiting experts. We also offer top-notch benefits and perks designed for your well-being and a healthy work-life balance.

For further details and to apply, please visit the employment page on our website.

Closing date: 9 February 2020.

We aim to build an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the populations we support, and actively seek applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.

Do you have the strong interpersonal skills and I.T technical abilities to fill our new IT Help Desk Officer post? Could you make a positive impact to our organisation’s new in-house high-quality IT service?  If the answer is yes, please read on.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

As an IT Help Desk Officer, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality IT service and pro-actively supporting all staff.  You will ensure a seamless and stable staff and clients experience across all our locations, through the proactive support and management of all technical systems and liaising with third party providers for continuity of service. 

Furthermore, you will support the IT Team in the delivery of projects and system implementations; including implementing new contracts for provision of services like Internet and telephone lines.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing security and access for staff, as well as of Office 365 security set-up and cloud management.  You will also be able to work independently and as part of a team, as well as having strong communication skills; in order to liaise with people internally and externally.

When completing your supporting statement or cover letter, please address (using examples) points 1- 6 in the ‘technical know-how section’ of the Job profile.

Please note that although the closing date is listed below, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier if we receive a high number of suitable C.Vs 

Interview date: 5th February 2020

This post will require a Basic DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and IIP accredited.  In the London Homelessness Awards 2019 one of our Projects has been commended for their work.

Local Engagement Officer (England)
Home based or London or Birmingham (office based)
£25,696 - £30,428 per annum (home based (England) or Birmingham office based)
£28,130 - £32,865 per annum (London office based)
35 hours per week
Maternity cover

We are looking for a Local Engagement England Officer to join our Local Engagement Team to cover a maternity leave. You will work closely with families of deaf children and young people to understand their key issues, identify emerging campaigns at a local level and gather local intelligence. You’ll also help to identify and implement solutions to remove barriers for deaf children and young people.

To join our team, you’ll need to be a highly effective campaigner and networker, able to build relationships at a local level with parents and professionals. You will need to have a good working knowledge of local government and health structures.

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description (found at the start of the application process) prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on a desktop / laptop devices.

The closing date for applications is on Thursday 30th January 2020 at 23.59.

We expect interviews to be held in London on Monday 10th February 2020.

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form.

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

To apply for the role of Local Engagement Officer, please apply via the button shown.

This job is being posted by Webrecruit on behalf of National Deaf Children's Society. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Campaign Officer, Campaign Co-ordinator, Engagement Campaign Officer, Supporter Engagement Officer, or Supporter Engagement Co-ordinator.

Are you a digital agitator? Do you relish the opportunity to improve and enhance an organisation's effectiveness?

Prospectus is thrilled to be partnering with London Youth in the search for a Digital Development Lead, who will play a crucial role at the centre of transforming the work of this well-established and influential youth development charity. With its new organisational strategy, this is a very progressive time to be joining an organisation that is consciously investing in their vision to further digitalise service delivery and leverage digital technology. This is a part-time position of 22.5 hours, with flexibility in how these are fulfilled across the working week.

The Digital Development Lead will analyse current needs and consider opportunities across London Youth, creating a road map and exploring innovative and practical initiatives that will directly enhance the way that the charity engages with its network of member youth organisations. You will develop the digital strategy while spearheading the strategic delivery and implementation of the charity's digital development projects. You will collaborate and work closely with the ICT and Database Manager and the Director of Engagement, while also being responsible for project co-ordination where you will mobilise internal teams and project groups, as well as outsourced specialist support and agencies.

This role resides within the Engagement Directorate at London Youth, which is also comprised of Membership Development, Communications & Policy and Learning functions.

The successful candidate will have a track record of delivering digital transformation projects and experience of managing information and communications technology in a diverse organisational setting. A well-defined project management skillset will also be essential for this position. You will be confident in your ability to influence behaviour and will be comfortable at instilling a positive culture of change. With excellent communication skills, you will have great agency/supplier and stakeholder management experience, as well as the ability to interact with non-IT staff at all levels.

If you feel confident in your ability to deliver transformative digital projects and are keen to contribute to the vital work that bolsters London's youth sector, we urge you to apply.

Please apply by submitting your CV in Word Document format. A full job description will be provided by Prospectus to applicants who are successful at the initial selection process.

The organisation, our partner, is dedicated to the provision of financial management solutions to international institutions, particularly those involved in grant-making and the implementation of grant-funded programmes in the Public & International Development sectors e.g. UNICEF & The World Bank. In turn grants are provided to a large and diverse group of non-profit organisations delivering essential programmes to communities, typically in the less-developed world.

You will provide project coordination support for the full life cycle of department assignments offered to clients; from the proposal process, contract management, assignment planning, through to assisting with the report writing, and billing.

The Project Coordinator takes responsibility for specific clients and works closely with the respective Client Manager. The project coordinator is a vital asset to the contract team and should always be able to assist as and when required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the full lifecycle of the project, including the following key processes: Proposals, Contracting, Planning, Reporting & Billing. Depending on the individual client/contract, the following tasks may vary.

• Assist with proposal and tender submission, including preparing project budgets and schedules, ensuring that all proposals are submitted within the respective deadline and liaising with prospective staff
• Ensure that contracts are as per the issued proposals, that all terms agreed are in the firm’s best interests and support the Managers in any contract administration that may be required
• Plan the fieldwork of the project, including agreeing dates with the beneficiary (the NGO that has received the funds from the donor), liaising with internal and/or external staff to ensure they can perform the required service (financial audit, etc.) on the agreed dates and that all parties have the necessary information to ensure the project fieldwork runs smoothly
• Draw up contracts between the firm and any outside International office with whom we have liaised to be involved in the fieldwork of the project
• Monitor and track project progress and handle any issues that arise, create a Control Schedule to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with any project developments
• Act as the point of contact for all stakeholders (including the client, the beneficiary, internal/external teams and management)
• Assist the manager in any report-writing tasks that may be required & deliver final product to client
• Monitor internal staff working hours & expenses incurred, to ensure project budgets are adhered to
• Check and process all external suppliers’ invoices, making sure all days worked and expenses incurred are within the agreed budget, liaising with finance as and when issues arise
• Assist in client billing, ensuring that all bills issued are as per the contractual terms between the firm and the client, that all costs incurred by the firm are accounted for when creating the bill, and that all bills are paid by the client in a timely manner 
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation for future use, ensuring that all projects are properly logged and can be used in future proposals/tenders
• Any other duties appropriate to the grade and level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training
• General: translate documents, maintain filing system of documentation by client and by assignment, assist with training new project coordinators, archive files when necessary

The role requires:

• Prior experience in a project coordination role
• Fluent English in both spoken and written communication
• Second language, German
• Degree educated
• Competent using MS Office
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Able to prioritise, organise and multi-task
• Good numeracy skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Desirable:

• Experience of working in Financial Services or for a large International Institution
• Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus
• Good eye for detail and the ability to follow through tasks
• Able to meet deadlines
• Able to be a self-starter and work on own initiative 
• Able to demonstrate problem solving skills
• Comfortable within a changing and developing environment 
• Able to apply relevant skills to new scenarios

Project Associate - Young Cities & YouthCAN

• Organisation: Institute for Strategic Dialogue
• Reporting To: Project Manager
• Contract: FTC to February 2022 with possibility of extension
• Location: London, UK
• Preferred Start Date; March 2020
• Salary Bracket: £25,000 - £28,000 depending in experience

ISD is looking for an exceptional individual to work on our YouthCAN and Young Cities programmes as a Project Associate based in London.

Founded in 2015, the Youth Civil Activism Network (YouthCAN) is one of ISD’s longest running programmes and works across the globe to empower young activists to challenge hate, prevent extremism and promote peace. We enable youth to find their voice and take action to help build a more peaceful world through the provision of training, support and resources. YouthCAN’s goal is to further the role of young people in P/CVE at all levels by ensuring that young people have the knowledge, skills and confidence to act effectively, as well as the opportunity to engage meaningfully at all levels both as partners and as leaders.]

Young Cities is a joint effort by YouthCAN and one of ISD’s other longest running programmes, the Strong Cities Network (SCN), bringing youth voices to city halls across Lebanon, Kenya, Senegal and the Western Balkans. Young Cities works in partnership with both young people and local government to enhance and support youth-led solutions to community challenges such as hate, polarisation, extremism and violence.

Young people have the insights, ability and creativity to affect change on deeply entrenched community challenges. YouthCAN and Young Cities support and amplify these efforts through local research, capacity-building, seed funding and direct support, giving young people the skills and freedom to develop programming that responds to the needs of their communities. 

Simultaneously, Young Cities works with local government to support city-level youth collaboration and to develop more effective policy that champions youth as key partners in resilience building efforts. By working simultaneously with both groups – youth and local government – our youth programmes foster a shared understanding of local youth issues, facilitates new opportunities for cooperation, and ultimately enhances both groups’ capacity to tackle community-level challenges of hate and polarisation.

Role Purpose

The Associate will work as part of the Young Cities and YouthCAN teams to deliver project activities predominantly with youth, but also local government stakeholders. This includes organising workshops, helping deliver project communications and social media presence, and providing research support. This is a global-facing role, and the Associate will engage with stakeholders across the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Australia and the Western Balkans. There is an opportunity to develop a larger focus on engagement in the Western Balkans, depending on language skills of the applicant. 

Responsibilities

1. Event organization: Assist the successful delivery of Young Cities and YouthCAN project activities in multiple regions

• Contributing to defining objectives and setting the agenda for events
• Helping drive recruitment and managing attendance
• Liaising with event venues and organisers
• Maintaining contact with external speakers
• Preparing collaterals and materials for events
• Coordination and participation on the day of the event as required
• Conducting desk-based research as required

2. Support project communications, including the projects’ social media and online presence

• Support the Youth Coordinator in managing the websites for YouthCAN and Young Cities
• Help manage YouthCAN‘s social media pages and drive engagement
• Help manage YouthCAN’s online community of more than 1,500 young activists globally
• Curate and help create engaging and relevant content that can support and inspire activists
• Liaise with YouthCAN’s activists in Lebanon, Kenya, Senegal, Pakistan, Australia and the Western Balkans to provide content for YouthCAN’s social media highlighting their work  

3. Support the development of youth-led and co-created campaigns and initiatives

• Support strategic development of locally-tailored policy advice and youth-led campaigns and initiatives in Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, Pakistan, Australia and the Western Balkans
• Support coordination of small grants and project delivery, including stakeholder management with youth and local government as required
• Support delivery of tailored training sessions for youth groups
• Conduct research into local-level approaches, policies and programmes

4. Project administration

• Assist Managers and Coordinators in the administration of projects, including contributing to the Project Operations Document
• Support tracking of budget expenditure
• Contribute to reporting processes

What success looks like

• Contribute to the organization of at least 4 events per year
• Increase following and engagement on social media pages and in online activist community
• Productive working relationships developed in multi-regional environment
• Developed expertise in youth, peace and security-related issues 
• Positive 360 feedback from team colleagues

Person Specification

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant work experience (such as conflict studies, peacebuilding, international development)
• Previous experience in project or programme delivery, with proven ability to meet deadlines and contribute to team project work
• Previous experience with communications and social media management 
• Clear, fluent and concise oral and written communication
• Highly organized with the ability to be flexible, multi-task and respond proactively in a fast-paced environment
• Highly IT literate, with willingness and ability to quickly learn new online tools and content management systems
• Online and offline research skills
• Intercultural and interpersonal awareness
• Willingness to travel internationally

Desirable

• Masters degree from reputable university
• Previous experience with youth-led peacebuilding work and/or general youth engagement projects and passion for working with youth
• Previous experience with projects building resilience against hate, violence and polarization
• Skilled writer for public audience
• Experience working with international stakeholders
• Ability to work well independently and in a team
• Fluency in Macedonian, Albanian, or Serbo-Croatian highly desirable.
• Fluency in Arabic, Swahili, Urdu or French desirable.
• Previous work experience and/or living in the Western Balkans, West and/or East Africa or Middle East desirable.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for this position, please submit a one-page cover letter and up-tp-date CV (no more than two pages) by Friday 31st January, 5pm UK time.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted and applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants who are invited to interview will be asked to produce evidence of their right to work in the UK.

Interviews will be held between 6th-7th February 2020 in London.

ISD reserves the right to assess any applications throughout the application process and may conduct interviews earlier than the closing date of the vacancy as stated above.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a person passionate about CRM and the systems which produce a first-class experience for service users.

As part of the Technical Infrastructure and Data (TID) Team the CRM Project Manager will work closely with CRM, Insight and ICT colleagues to implement a CRM and BI infrastructure which meets the ambitions of Bloodwise’s new strategy.

We are looking for an experienced and inspiring CRM specialist to join the fight against blood cancer.

If this sounds like you, read on and apply with your current cv and a cover letter!

The closing date for this exciting opportunity is:

9am on Friday 24 January 2020

Please note that applications will be reviewed on receipt and if a suitable individual is appointed, we may bring forward the closing date of this position at our discretion.

Civitas Recruitment are excited to be working with a fantastic youth homelessness charity to help source their new Assessment Worker for a newly built flagship building. The charity has an international link however its core focus for this arm will be working on youth homelessness within the London Boroughs. This vacancy will be based near Barbican/Old Street and This post will assist young people through the assessment and referral process to potentially enable them to move into the accommodation project. This post requires close working with a range of agencies/bodies such as Local Authority and other Referral Agencies.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience of working within the housing sector coupled with experience of working with youth. You will possess excellent customer service skills being able to manage multiple stakeholders.  Experience of managing risk assessments and completing a client facing role will be a valued skill set. An awareness of Psychological Informed Environment is also essential for this role.