About Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) 

The ACAA is looking for a committed and motivated Fundraising Manager. The organization helps disadvantaged Black Asian Minority Ethnic Refugee (BAMER) women, migrants, asylum seekers, lone  parents, unemployed, low-income families, domestic violence victims, and with low level education to  integrate into British society. We aim to be a leader in the support, development and integration of  immigrant communities in the UK. 

We see around 200 people per week at our Community Centre and provide a multilingual and  multicultural support services for our target community including: 

• English for Speakers of Other Languages

• Supplementary Saturday School for children and young people 

• Women’s Support Groups 

• Legal Advocacy and Advice 

• Employment Project and Business Advice 

• Mother-Tongue Language Classes 

• Interpretation Services 

• Mentoring Project (to meet the needs of recently arrived refugees and migrants) • Afghan and Muslim Girls Football Club

• Voluntary Placements 

In Afghanistan, we provide:

• Supplementary School for street children

• Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Projects

• Women’s Empowerment through advice, mentoring and training 

• Legal Advocacy and Advice 

• Employment Project and Business Advice 

• Voluntary Placements 

Job Context

• To develop and implement ACAA’s mixed fundraising programme for all its activities and core costs building on the programme currently in place.
• We intend to diversify our income, to help sustain and develop our work. The Fundraising Manager role is a new management post, working closely with the Director.
• We are looking for an experienced and talented Fundraising Manager who can develop and execute an effective fundraising strategy to deliver growth across a wide range of existing and new income streams.
• You will have the proven ability to research and develop winning fundraising applications, negotiate sponsorship deals and develop and maintain positive relationships with donors. A natural multi-tasker, you will have the flexibility to manage a varied workload, juggling responsibility for meeting biddeadlines, ensuring delivery of fundraising events, reporting to funders and managing key corporateaccounts. With attention to detail and excellent written and verbal presentation, you will also have thenegotiation and project management skills to co-ordinate the production of complex bids and budgets.
• You will be working with a ACAA staff and possibly with volunteers as well as beneficiaries and the constantly changing dynamics and new challenges ensure that there is always something new and compelling to get excited about. Fundraising is a tough role in the current environment and requires resilience and structure. The greatest reward is seeing the fruition of a multi-team project come to life and affect great change in the lives of the people that Afghanistan and Central Asian Association supports.

Purpose of the job

• To develop and implement an integrated fundraising strategy for ACAA, generating income
targets to enable our strategic objectives to be delivered over the next three years and
beyond.
• To manage and deliver all fundraising activities for ACAA, securing funds from a
comprehensive range of sources including trusts and foundations, community groups/clubs,
corporate donors and individual giving.
• To communicate the fundraising “ask” across all platforms and media working with the
Marketing and Communications Coordinator.

• To act as a key, externally facing member of the ACAA.
• Work closely with colleagues, specifically the Director, looking at how the charity measures
the impact of its work and how information gathered could shape the future of the charity.
This includes impact monitoring and evaluation, including the production of compelling
progress and final reports.
• To line manage paid and volunteer fundraisers.
• Provide updates, when relevant, on all new trends or evolutions in the fundraising landscape
and how these might impact on income sources for ACAA.

Main Duties and Responsibilities  

Main fundraising activities

1. Research prospective funders, work closely with colleagues across the teams (Service  Delivery, Outreach, Operational Resourcing, Volunteering) to develop compelling and effective  applications for funds to support the work of ACAA. 

2. Develop and grow the individual supporter base, working closely with ACAA’s existing  supporters, volunteers and trustees to increase support at grass-roots level.

3. Develop long term relationships with funders, with clear, focussed stewardship plans, to  maximise future funding potential. 

4. Develop appropriate event “offer” for individuals and corporate teams.

5. Work closely with colleagues including the Director, to ensure impact measurements are  captured and recorded correctly on all funded activities.

6. Work with colleagues to produce timely and accurate reports to trusts and commissioning  bodies in accordance with the terms of grants or contracts held.

7. Work closely with Finance department to ensure accurate and detailed income reports are  maintained. 

Planning and strategy

8. With the Director, develop and implement a sustainable fundraising strategy for ACAA,  ensuring it supports and contributes to the organisation’s strategic plan.

9. Explore other income generation opportunities and make recommendations as to their fit  with ACAA’s fundraising strategy. 

10. Remain abreast of fundraising standards, trends and best practice, taking responsibility for  maintaining own learning and attending training as required.

11. Report to, and work closely with, the Director to ensure that he/she is always fully up to date  with fundraising progress. 

Internal and external relationship management

12. Cultivate and nurture relationships with funders, donors and sponsors, keeping accurate and  up-to-date records of all communication and applying robust account management.

13. Drawing on internal administrative support (fundraising staff and volunteers) as required,  ensure ACAA is corresponding regularly with supporters and that all gifts are responded to in  a timely and appropriate manner.

14. With the support of the Director, inspire colleagues, trustees and volunteers to support  fundraising, supporting colleagues at all levels to pursue fundraising opportunities where  they own relationships with potential donors or sponsors.

15. Represent the organisation at external forums and events, building relationships that will  enhance our fundraising capacity.

16. Attend and participate in team meetings, fundraising committee meetings and strategic  planning meetings.

17. Work closely with the Marketing and Communications Coordinator to ensure effective  promotion of all fundraising activities across all of our media outlets and social media  accounts. 

We are looking for a Project Manager!

Pan Intercultural Arts is looking for a Project Manager to run the Weapon of Choice theatre group, funded by the Young Londoners Fund.

Job title: Project Manager

Reports to: Artistic Director and Company Manager

Location: Remote working, Pan Office and visits to the project in central London

Engagement period: September 2021 - April 2022

Hours of Work: 1 day per week (Fridays) plus additional days throughout the period which can be flexible

Contract type: This is freelance self-employed post, spread over approximately 45 days throughout the period

Fee: £5,625.00

Deadline: Monday 2nd August, 12pm

ABOUT PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS

Pan Intercultural Arts is a leading force in delivering arts for social change through workshop programmes with unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, young refugees, survivors of trafficking and young people at risk of entering crime. 

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Weapon of Choice Theatre Project works with young people in Camden from a mixture of mainstream education and Pupil Referral Units including participants from our schools residency programme who want to continue their arts practice. The group meets weekly which leads to a performance/sharing of their work created throughout the year. 

The Weapon of Choice project has a successful residency programme and has worked extensively in schools and PRU’s. It has several strands that are currently in development and this role has the opportunity to grow and develop into a larger role, and to be extended beyond this current contract with increased hours.

We are a close team and are looking for someone who is passionate about increasing access to the arts for young people. We are looking for someone who has arts experience and can coordinate logistics and budgets. If you do not fit all the criteria but do have relevant experience that could make you a great candidate, we would love to hear from you. You do not need to have done this exact role before! We want to hear from people with a range of experiences and skills.

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black people, people of colour or people with lived experience of migration, as it is a priority for the organisation to improve the diversity within our leadership team.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Project Manager works with the Weapon of Choice team of artist-facilitators in the planning and delivery of the Weapon of Choice Theatre Project. 

The Project Manager is responsible for supporting the project by managing the budget, monitoring, reporting and administration related to the theatre group. The Project Manager works closely with the team to plan and deliver the work and communicate with partners and stakeholders across the project.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our projects and our workplace. We welcome your application regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, and sexual orientation. We aim to make the application process as accessible as possible.

Thank you for your interest in working with Pan!

ODI
 

Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow - Forced Displacement - Humanitarian Policy Group

Contract: 2 years fixed-term

Location: London

Salary: RF - £41,574 - £51,466 SRF - £51,466 - £64,888

Ref: HPG/02/21

An independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives.

About ODI

ODI is an independent, global think tank. We work to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality. Through research, convening and influencing, we generate ideas that matter for people and planet.

We are seeking a Senior Research Fellow or Research Fellow to lead our work on forced displacement.

About the Humanitarian Policy Group

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is one of the world’s leading teams of policy researchers and analysts working on humanitarian issues. We combine influential, high-quality policy analysis with a capacity to act as an independent catalyst and platform for dialogue and debate.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team to lead our work on forced displacement and deliver an exciting portfolio of new work on climate-related displacement and social cohesion.

We are looking for a researcher to lead on and deliver outstanding research within our portfolio on forced displacement. You will be leading a new body of work on climate-related displacement in conflict-affected settings and be undertaking innovative research and analysis on a wider displacement portfolio. You will influence the international debate through public affairs activities including publications, public events, and provide advice to governments and humanitarian actors at a senior level.  You will have the opportunity to pursue new and innovative research interests by designing research projects, obtaining funding and managing resources for delivery. You will be influencing policies and decisions that make a difference though engaging with policymakers in knowledge and advisory processes, disseminating results though innovative and strategic communications and outreach.

Our work ranges from providing policy support and advice to governments and humanitarian actors, to engaging in public affairs and policy debates, to long-term empirical research programmes. Recent programme highlights on this agenda include:

• Dignity in displacement
• The CRRF and its application in East Africa and Bangladesh
• Gender in displacement   
• Protracted displacement and self-reliance
• Public and political narratives on migrants and refugees – implications for action

About you

You should have an ability to think critically, write clearly and communicate convincingly. Research Fellow positions require demonstrated experience in policy-relevant research and analysis. Senior Fellows should have a strong publication record, including analytical and public affairs work, and in securing funding.

• a degree and post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline;
• extensive knowledge of forced displacement and its impacts on different communities, as well as deep understanding of current displacement-related research and current policy agendas.
• experience in policy-oriented research, demonstrated by a track record of publications and reports;
• fluency in English, and preferably a good command of at least one other language;

• strong analytical skills, a capacity to write clearly, and excellent organisational and oral communication skills;
• a demonstrated capacity for policy advisory or public-affairs work, based on an analytical approach, and an innovative and creative communications ability;
• demonstrated interest and ability to adapt, develop and apply experience and knowledge to new research and policy agendas within the displacement field
• ability to work in partnership – including with partners from displacement affected contexts - and to work as part of a team.

Closing date: 22 August 2021

Interview date: 6 September 2021

The Helen Bamber Foundation is seeking to appoint an experienced GP with an established interest in health care for asylum seekers and trafficking survivors to lead our Medical Advisory Service and work with our multi-disciplinary team to support our clients.

The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a human rights charity based in London which was founded by Helen Bamber in 2005. Our specialist team of therapists, doctors and legal experts hold an international reputation for providing therapeutic care, medical consultation, legal protection and practical support to survivors of trafficking and torture.

The Medical Advisory Service (MAS) delivers comprehensive assessments of the complex medical needs of HBF clients, offering a safe space in which to advise them on these needs and co-ordination of client care with statutory services. At present, as well as the lead doctor, there are four volunteer doctors and one physiotherapist to provide clients with this specialist service. As well as carrying their own case load the appointee will manage and supervise the medical volunteers and will help with further recruitment and training of new volunteers as needed.

The appointee will contribute to the training and development of other HBF staff and volunteers and will contribute to external dissemination of our work. They will work with Professor Katona, our Medical and Research Director, who is responsible for oversight of evidence-based clinical excellence across our model of care.

 We hope that this will prove to be a rewarding opportunity for an experienced GP to bring additional expertise in healthcare for our community to the team and help us build our medical service to the benefit of our clients.

The Helen Bamber Foundation is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation.  We particularly welcome applications from people from Minority Ethnicities.

Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check. This role will require disclosure of both the adult and child barring lists. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to Asylum Aid to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment. 

HBF is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities, and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

In order to apply please submit an up to date CV and a brief covering letter by 9am on Friday 31st July 2021 by outlining your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience that matches the listed responsibilities and person specification, Please state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role.

Interviews are scheduled to be held during the week commencing 9th August 2021 and will be conducted via Zoom. For more information please contact us on our available phones and request to speak to  Dr. Jane Hunt, HBF Senior Medical Advisor, or Dr Cornelius Katona – Medical and Research Director

Connect: North Korea was established in the UK in 2018 to address the complex challenges North Koreans face in building new lives once they’ve escaped the oppressive North Korean regime and reached safety in a free country. We are a growing charity with an office in southwest London, but with ambitions to be a globally-focused organisation within the next 5 years.

Position: Programme Manager

Responsible to: CEO and Director-Designate

Based at: London (KT3) office

Contract: Full-time (40 hours per week, 9am – 5pm). Fixed-term (2 years) with possibility of permanent position.

Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 + 3% pension.

Holiday: 28 days inclusive of bank holidays.

Overall aim and objectives of the post

In 2021, we are relaunching our programming to help enable North Korean escapees to build new lives. Enabling Resilience and Enabling Freedom will launch in September, which will be followed in 2023 by our new Enabling Freedom Network. We are recruiting for a Programme Manager to oversee the development of these new programmes.

If you have a proven track record of programme development and design, this is an excellent opportunity to take on a challenging and highly rewarding role in transforming the lives of North Korean escapees.

Job Description

• Develop, expand, and oversee the programme cycle management of our Enabling Freedom programme and to design, develop and execute our Enabling Freedom Network.
• Work closely with our community outreach and mental health team to develop our Enabling Resilience programme.
• Oversee the delivery of monthly reporting to agreed annual KPIs and objectives to the CEO, Trustees, and funders.
• Recruit, train and support freelancers involved in programme delivery. Work with them to develop, support, and implement programme design and content.
• Work directly with North Korean escapees and support their participation in the Enabling Freedom programme, including their applications, developing personal learning and career plans, and achieving individual targets.
• Identify and engage relevant education delivery partners. Build a network of relevant education delivery partners. Work with education partners in developing materials and support for escapees to apply to educational programmes.
• Work closely with the Communications and Fundraising teams to ensure they have the required case studies, data, information, and visual content to underpin their work.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of annual operational plans.
• Any other tasks as reasonably asked by the organisation.

Essential skills and experience

• Proven experience of programme management.
• Demonstrated commitment to the values and mission of Connect: North Korea.
• Have experience of the education, social welfare, and/or refugee support sectors.
• A track record of initiating and building relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Korean-speaking is essential.

You:

• Are friendly with a positive attitude
• Are able to build trust with client groups and stakeholders.
• Have a track record of working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Are highly organised, able to act on own initiative and meet deadlines
• Are creative and confident in putting forward and discussing new ideas
• Have the capacity to work collaboratively and constructively in a small team with an entrepreneurial feel
• Are able to manage multiple business-critical programmes simultaneously
• Are pragmatic and outcome-focused.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Are keen to build and develop the role as suits the needs of the organisation

How to Apply

Please submit a CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages which explains how you meet the person specification. Applications close August 8th. We expect the individual will begin the role in early September.

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), LGBTQI+ or relationship status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or social class.

Volunteer Creative Writing Mentors

Contract: Volunteer Agreement

Hours: Fortnightly on Wednesday from 15:00 -20:00 (unless still on Zoom by September, in which case weekly from 15.30 - 19.15)

Location: London, Finsbury Park

Salary: Unpaid

Closing date: 1 August 2021

Expected date of interviews: 11 August 2021

Job ref: VA448

Are you a professional writer? Are you passionate about using creative writing and the power of words to help survivors of torture have a voice?

We have an exciting opportunity for two people to volunteer as Mentors/Workshop Facilitators for our unique creative writing group, ‘Write to Life’, located at our London Centre.

For the past 20 years Freedom from Torture has developed Write to Life, into a thriving creative writing group with existing and former clients, all of whom are survivors of torture. Write to Life has successfully supported hundreds of clients in creative writing sessions held on a one to one and group workshop basis; many have gone on to be published writers and assured performers at festivals, fundraisers and public events.

Although primarily a writing group, that writing has taken many forms, from film to musical narrative to theatre, and now exploring comedy. Write to Life has also collaborated on creative projects with the Roundhouse, Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert and British Museums, NWLive Arts, Ice&Fire and Tamasha Theatre, amongst others.  

We have also recently begun to publish a Zine, in digital and hard copy. Mentors will be expected to take turns in co-editing the Zine, alongside a group member. Freedom from Torture is a survivor-focused and led organisation, and we’re keen that group members be encouraged to co-facilitate and plan workshops.

What your volunteering commitment will look like

· Take on one or two clients for one to one writing sessions (fortnightly), ideally before the workshop, on the same day.

· Take turns in the purchase and preparation of food for the light meal before the workshop.

· Devise and run 2-3 writing workshops a year, both general creative writing and specific to the aims and programme of Freedom from Torture.

· Participate in occasional events (fundraisers, festivals and parties).

· Attend Write to Life mentors’ meetings and any other meetings of the Survivor Empowerment Directorate or Freedom from Torture, as and when relevant.

If you are a professional writer of any kind (novels, plays, poetry, or from publishing or teaching), have experience with vulnerable populations, ideally as a writing teacher, and if you’re able to commit to volunteering for at least one year in our Write to Life creative writing group, we would love to hear from you.

To view the role Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided, or for more information please email Sheila Hayman (email details on the apply link).

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a full employment history and up to date employment references and the Right to Volunteer in the UK.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Are you passionate about supporting people out of homelessness? Kineara has a new vacancy for an experienced Housing Link Worker to join our small and dedicated team for our Covid Private Renters Project in Southwark.   

About the project   

In mid-2020 at the height of the Covid 19 lockdowns, we mobilised to deliver a project to respond to rising rent arrears and financial instability facing renters. In an innovative partnership with Southwark Council, Southwark Law Centre, and Impact for Urban Health, we’ve been supporting 30 private renters over the last 8 months who have been threatened with eviction by their landlords, or are living in temporary accommodation, to sustain their tenancies and/or find onward housing in the social or private sector that is suitable for their health, needs and aspirations.    

After a successful start, Kineara has received a further two years of funding to reach more renters and be part of Southwark’s ongoing Covid response for local residents. Now that the Government has lifted the ban on evictions, there are possibly hundreds of thousands of renters across the country facing homelessness. We’ve already delivered crucial crisis support to vulnerable renters and are looking for a passionate housing link worker to be part of the next phase of the project.    

You can find out more about the work here.    

About Kineara   

Kineara is a unique community interest company that supports people in poverty across London who face barriers to housing, employment and education. We provide holistic support for families, vulnerable adults, and school pupils, breaking down barriers and delivering intensive one-to-one interventions to those in need of extra help through challenging times. We use holistic, trauma-informed methods, partnership working and a flexible, non-judgemental approaches that puts the needs of those we work with first.    

About the role   

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic individual to take up a full-time role within our organisation as a Housing Link Worker in our small and dedicated team. The role will be based mostly in Southwark, and you will be working closely with the project’s Housing Support Practitioners in partnership with the Council’s housing teams, local solicitors, community services, social prescribers, and mental health support workers to coordinate tailored support for each client, liaising with landlords and accommodation providers and providing advice for onward housing. The objectives of these programmes are to avoid evictions, sustain tenancies, increase employment opportunities, improve wellbeing, and increase educational outcomes. Your role will be to support those who can no longer stay in their accommodation to find suitable accommodation in the private rented sector.   

Are you passionate about supporting people out of homelessness? Kineara has a new vacancy for an experienced Housing Support Practitioner to join our small and dedicated team for our Covid Private Renters Project in Southwark.  

About the project  

In mid-2020 at the height of the Covid 19 lockdowns, we mobilised to deliver a project to respond to rising rent arrears and financial instability facing renters. In an innovative partnership with Southwark Council, Southwark Law Centre, and Impact for Urban Health, we’ve been supporting 30 private renters over the last 8 months who have been threatened with eviction by their landlords, or are living in temporary accommodation, to sustain their tenancies and/or find onward housing in the social or private sector that is suitable for their health, needs and aspirations.   

After a successful start, Kineara has received a further two years of funding to reach more renters and be part of Southwark’s ongoing Covid response for local residents. Now that the Government has lifted the ban on evictions, there are possibly hundreds of thousands of renters across the country facing homelessness. We’ve already delivered crucial crisis support to vulnerable renters and are looking for a passionate housing support worker to be part of the next phase of the project.   

About Kineara  

Kineara is a unique community interest company that supports people in poverty across London who facing barriers to housing, employment and education. We break down barriers, provide holistic support for families, vulnerable adults, and school pupils, and deliver intensive one-to-one interventions to those in need of extra help through challenging times. We use holistic, trauma-informed methods, partnership working and a flexible, non-judgemental approach that puts the needs of those we work with first.   

About the role  

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic support worker to take up a full-time role within our organisation as a Housing Support Practitioner in our small and dedicated team. The role will be based mostly in Southwark, and you will be working in partnership with the Council’s housing officers, solicitors, community services, social prescribers, and mental health support workers to coordinate tailored support for each client to avoid eviction and sustain tenancies, mediating with landlords where necessary and providing advice for onward housing when needed with the support of the Housing Link Worker. The objectives of these programmes are to avoid evictions, sustain tenancies, increase employment opportunities, improve wellbeing, and increase educational outcomes. You will be working in partnership with other stakeholders such as schools and housing associations to improve family health, build relationships and engage families and individuals and their networks of support.   

About you  

You will have experience of working with individuals with complex needs. You will be an enthusiastic person who is self-motivated, confident and thrives when working independently with a passion to support change. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, experience delivering holistic support, be a solution-minded thinker, have a good understanding of strength-based approaches and be able work sensitively and empathetically with people in vulnerable circumstances. You will also have experience working in a systemic and therapeutic way. It is also important to us that you have the competency to work with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. To work as part of a team and independently, the roles require you to think creatively and use the resources around you effectively.  

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an award-winning international development aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. HI UK is looking for an organised, analytical and self-starting individual to join our Innovation, Impact and Information (3I) division as Knowledge Management Coordinator till June 2022. If you are keen to work for an international organisation, are happy to be hands-on in a small team and have a can-do attitude, this job is for you!

BACKGROUND INFORMATION and PURPOSE OF THE POST

This post oversees the management of Source, an online resource centre designed to strengthen the use and impact of information on disability and inclusion in development and humanitarian contexts.

The purpose of the post is:

• To develop Source as a dynamic system and key point of access to up-to-date, relevant information on disability in challenging contexts
• To participate in knowledge-management networks in the UK on behalf of the Innovation, Impact and Information division and in meetings linked to exploration of the future of Source

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate and manage Source

• Manage the structure of the Source website and oversee the quality and consistency of the content
• Develop and maintain systems and procedures to regularly update the content, liaising with technical advisors and other internal and external experts as needed to ensure regular feeding and updating of the site
• Coordinate the re-design of the Source web platform (including technical expert consultancy on web design etc.)
• Liaise with information software providers to ensure effective technical solutions
• Work with HI’s web coordinator to develop a shared vision and common procedures to manage technical documentation
• Ensure regular liaison with field-based staff working on Information Resources to encourage collaboration
• Develop systems for regular monitoring and evaluation of Source to monitor its usage and impact (internal and external users) and to disseminate results
• Develop communication materials on the updated knowledge management platform
• Promote Source, including through representation in relevant external forums, the creation and dissemination of e-bulletins and newsletters, and specific productions or resources, as required
• Recruit and supervise a rolling team of volunteers to contribute to Source
• Contribute, along with HI UK Chief Executive and 3I director to developing partnerships between Source and Sightsavers, the International Disability Alliance (IDA), the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) and other potential partners

Engage with UK knowledge-management networks

• Identify and monitor relevant networks, external forums and meetings in the UK, specifically those focused on disability and international development
• Represent HI in external forums on knowledge-management issues
• Identify and follow up opportunities relating to knowledge management

Other Duties

• Undertake any other reasonable duty consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility.

Employment Development Advisor 

Hopscotch Women’s Centre is a Camden based well-established voluntary organisation that provides a range of services to Black and minoritised women in London, including information and advice, support and advocacy, education and training and a range of services to children and families including Homecare. 

Hopscotch is currently recruiting an Employment Development Advisor to work with low paid workers, in particular carers to provide 1:1 Information, Advice and Guidance, skills development and mentoring/coaching to support them to move into better opportunities. This role will require you to be supportive and understanding, and be able to deal with any issues that may arise confidently. 

Post: Employment Development Advisor 

Salary: £18,731.79 (pro-rata’ed for £31,219.65 F/T)

Hours:  21 hours per week

Duration:  3 years 

Reports to: Head of Programmes 

If you have experience of mentoring/coaching, some knowledge of the Health and Social Care industry and are proactive and committed to supporting mainly women who are in low paid work to have better opportunities in life, then we would like to hear from you. 

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

Please do not send CVs as they will not be considered.

Funded by Trust for London 

Supporter Marketing Officer

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary: £30,464 - £35,339 per annum. Please note that the starting salary is £30,464 per annum, with the opportunity to progress up the scale over time. This includes London weighting.

Closing date: 1 August 2021

Expected date of interviews: 9-12 August 2021

Job ref: VA415

Are you passionate about connecting supporters to the real difference they make?

Do you want to work in a passionate and driven team, fundraising to support people who have survived torture?

Do you believe in standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Supporter Marketing Officer to join our new, award-winning, supporter focused Supporter Fundraising Team. You will be working with the Supporter Acquisition Officer and Supporter Marketing Assistant, managed by the Supporter Marketing Manager to develop a busy programme of fundraising appeals and campaigns.

You’ll develop and roll out our fundraising appeals and campaigns across a variety of media with a big focus on our regular print campaigns and newsletters, working closely with the digital team to run the campaigns across digital streams too. You will also work collaboratively with the Supporter Acquisition Officer and receive marketing and admin support from the Supporter Marketing Assistant. This role involves working with Freedom from Torture clients for case stories and creative fundraising, an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy.

This is a key creative fundraising role in the team where you’ll be working directly with service users to interview, write and plan your own content for three warm newsletters per year as well as develop six creative fundraising appeals with an agency, telemarketing and online campaigns. With a new campaign live almost every month, it’s a busy and fulfilling role working with a database of well-established warm supporters. This role requires great people skills as you will be working with lots of people across our five centres as well as great analytical skills to interpret data to tell us what’s working, run tests, and make strategic decisions (with support from the team.)

If you love fundraising and you’re passionate about helping refugees who have survived torture then we would love to hear from you.

The role

· Fundraising and copywriting:writing donor development newsletters, thank you letters and other ad-hoc campaigns, often working directly with torture survivors to record and communicating their personal experiences, sharing stories from people who have overcome incredible hardships.

· Running and developing full warm retention programme of supporter marketing activity, including warm appeals, newsletters, raffles, committed giving campaigns, telemarketing, and gift aid campaigns. Keeping schedules on track and working very closely with the digital team.

· Managing and developing creative campaigns: daily autonomous management of external agencies and projects. As well as managing multiple projects, you will work with the Supporter Marketing Manager to make strategic creative decisions based on data and insights collated from campaign evaluation.

About you

· Highly proficient use of business IT systems including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and databases.

· You must have great literacy and numerously skills and the ability to interpret large sets of data, spot trends and make adjustment to reflect insights.

· You will have excellent attention to detail with good copy writing skills and an eye for design and a high level of written and verbal communication skills.

· It’s essential that you are able to prioritise and manage a busy workload managing projects from start to finish within given budgets and work to tight deadlines.

· You must have experience of working with a range of Direct Mail, telemarketing and email marketing techniques.

· Experience interviewing and working with many different people and ability to adhere to a clear consent process when recording and sharing their personal stories

Big Pluses

· Proven track record of working in a direct marketing team preferably in the charity sector.

· Experience of database targeting, segmentation, testing and response analysis.

· Lived experience of torture.

· Knowledge of GDPR and supporter data compliance

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for positive change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies.

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We are a very ambitious and dynamic young charity and we haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. We recently ran a very high-profile media campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, raising £10million to feed London. We have celebrity endorsement from Reece James, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry, James May and many others.

Last year we delivered enough food for 21.1 million meals to help people in need. We have continuing major growth plans for the next 4 years, with a target of delivering enough food for 100 million meals by 2024. Because nearly all the food we receive is donated by the food industry and volunteers, every £1 of expenditure redistributes £10 worth of food. 

Purpose of the Job

The Head of People is a key role in the leadership team.  This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR and Volunteering Management leader with a passion for working for a charity with a real purpose. The role is diverse, and the skillset matches this.  You will have positive influencing skills, both within the leadership team and throughout the people community. The ideal candidate will be innovative, creative, a confident people practitioner, and passionate about making a difference and driving our one team culture and the people experience.

Your main goal will be to drive Felix forward as an employer of choice and continue developing an excellent volunteer experience. You will execute the people strategy to promote a high performance culture that supports the charity’s business needs and long term strategic goals.

This will include the continued development and implementation of a proactive human resources function to provide a comprehensive range of HR services and activities.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Delivery of the current people strategy, ensuring best practice Volunteer and Employee excellence, supporting the delivery of our goals, and ensuring consistency and value-added support in all areas
• Values & culture - you'll be responsible for facilitating how our culture and values are represented and aligned through our communities and beneficiaries.
• Strategic people projects – you will be responsible for implementing our People & Culture Development aligned with our goals and alongside the Leadership Team. 
• Work closely with the incoming Director of People & Culture to provide insights and key information to help shape the refreshed organisational design and workforce development strategy.
• Ensure successful execution of a robust and successful volunteer journey to ensure engagement throughout the full people life cycle. You will provide the best possible start and ongoing experience for everyone that supports us through their skills and time.
• Coaching and providing guidance and advice to managers on people and organisational related matters, like change management, development, wellbeing, culture and engagement, excellence in performance, as well as providing guidance on technical aspects of employment such as pay and contracts.
• Stewarding our EDI work to enable an inclusive environment across our volunteer and employee community, ensuring this also reflects the communities we exist to serve.
• Learning & Development – oversee the design and delivery of a program to ensure all of our people have the tools they need to succeed, for both their personal and professional development.
• You will play a leadership role in the development of our new apprenticeship/employability programme
• Overseeing our burgeoning internal communications programme to ensure all our people feel included and consulted
• Work closely with the CEO and the Senior Management Team to ensure a robust approach to HRM is in place for all paid staff.
• Line management and leadership of the People team (currently 7 direct and indirect reports)

Person Specification

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

We particularly welcome applications from those of a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as BAME people are currently under-represented within The Felix Project.

Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

• Significant experience in a people and culture development role - HRM experience is essential to the role
• Leadership – strong leader able to manage a diverse and growing team, work with senior managers across the charity to influence, coach, and deliver change, and be able to operate successfully with trustees and other senior leaders.
• Strong understanding and experience building HRM programmes – able to build on the foundations set up over the last 18 months to take the charity to the next level in terms of HR processes & systems, exploring options to use new tech to make us more efficient.
• Excellent ability to prioritise and multitask – this role involves juggling multiple competing priorities and the ability to respond to urgent situations across HR and volunteering.
• Strong performance and reporting skills – able to set and monitor budgets, report to Board and Sub-Committees, lead on people evaluation, and help refine People data and metrics.
• Ability to transfer knowledge to volunteering – you don’t have to have significant volunteer management or strategy experience as we have many foundations in place and a strong team, however, you will need to be able to apply your people skills to the volunteer context and understand the unique requirements and challenges of working with volunteers.
• Experience managing internal communications programmes, including familiarity with intranet and/or other tech engagement tools
• Experience introducing and working with new tech solutions.
• Ability to think strategically, and confident and comfortable communicating ideas.
• Strong conflict resolution skills.

Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

• Understanding of apprenticeship or employability or other education/training programmes
• Experience of volunteering – either from a volunteer or volunteer management perspective
• CIPD (or equivalent) qualified.

What you’ll get in return

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and team.  This role may be located at either our Park Royal (W3 0RU) or Poplar (E14 7BN), with regular travel across our other locations as well as home working. The salary is £45,000-50,000 per annum (dependant on experience), 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

As Doctors of the World’s HIV and STI Community Outreach Coordinator you will continue to develop and deliver HIV testing and STI screening in outreach settings.

Crucial to your success in this role will be your ability to engage with a diverse range of people in a warm, empathetic, and understanding manner. Your knowledge of the obstacles facing people excluded from healthcare (and broader society) and how this might affect their approach to our clinic, will enable you to tailor your approach to individual service users while providing the best possible care.

You will deliver point of care testing for HIV as well as STI screening, to a high standard, within the context of a clinical governance framework. You will provide direct services to service users and build capacity through support offered to colleagues in allied organisations.

You will work as part of a varied and changing volunteer and staff team, taking responsibility for the care of the patients you see in relation to HIV testing and sexual health. This may involve making assessments; providing information and advice on HIV and STI transmission and treatment; carrying out HIV point of care testing and (non-symptomatic) STI screening; advising on risk reduction in relation to HIV and STIs; appropriately refer for PREP; offering advice on contraception.

Following a positive HIV result you will offer initial post-test counselling and ensure the person is appropriately linked in with follow up care with partners using pre-established pathways. This may involve accompanying someone to an appointment.

Salary: £60,000 to £66,000 [It is expected that the successful candidate will start towards the lower end of this range with future progression based on performance.  A starting salary towards the higher end of the range may be offered in exceptional circumstances to outstanding candidates.] 

Type: Permanent, Full Time 

Closing date for applications: Monday 9th August 2021 (12 noon) 

Longlist interviews: Week commencing 16th August 

Final interviews and selection: Thursday 9th September

We are very excited to be recruiting a new Chief Executive to join Hackney CVS.Our vision is of a fairer Hackney and we work towards that by tackling inequality and driving social change. 

For over two decades we have supported the Voluntary and Community Sector to be at heart of providing solutions to Hackney’s problems.As an umbrella body for the sector we bring organisations together, work alongside public bodies, provide grants to small organisations and lead large scale partnerships to address issues such as unemployment, loneliness and isolation or poor mental health.  We raise the profile and voices of local community and voluntary organisations, ensuring they are valued, understood and properly resourced. 

We’ve recently invested in the development of our premises and are working on a range of impactful and innovative projects that make a genuine difference to the Voluntary and Community Sector.We empower the local community to develop and lead solutions to the inequalities they face. We have excellent strategic relationships, a strong reputation of trust, and access to a number of high-profile supporters and funders. 

We’re proud of what we’ve achieved and where we’ve come from.But, we also know there are big challenges that lie ahead. The Covid-19 pandemic has created an increasingly complex and difficult environment.  As competition for funding grows and there are bigger demands for support, the sector and Hackney CVS will play a key role in helping to address inequalities and provide the support needed by those most affected by the pandemic. 

Our new CEO will help us to ensure that local residents and communities remain central to the design and delivery of our services. We need someone that is strategic and future thinking who will help us to navigate our future challenges, whilst being hands-on enough to understand our communities and lead on key programmes.  As our new CEO, you will be a strong champion and advocate for the sector and will be able to build existing and new strategic relationships and networks. You'll be an effective and compassionate leader, with a good understanding of the challenges faced by those we serve. You'll also be able to seek out new opportunities and have an innovative approach to fundraising and income generation. 

If you're passionate about the potential of Hackney CVS and excited by the possibilities and challenges that the future holds, we'd really love to hear from you. 

How to apply:  

For more information about Hackney CVS and to apply for the role, please visit our website and download the full recruitment pack. 

Your application should include the following: 

• A personal statement that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria set out in the Person Specification (max 2-pages) 

• An up to date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history 

• A completed Equality Monitoring Form (which can be downloaded from our website) 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further, please contact our recruitment partners Atkinson HR Consulting, for a confidential conversation. Contact details can be found in our recruitment pack. 

Hackney CVS strives to be an equal opportunities employer. We champion diversity and remove barriers to inclusion, and are committed to ensuring that our workforce is an inclusive community that celebrates difference. We develop positive policies in all aspects of our work that promote equal opportunities for everyone, irrespective of their age, disability, ethnic background, gender or gender identity, home country, sexuality, race or religious beliefs. 

If you think you have what it takes to be our next Chief Executive, but don't necessarily meet every point on the person specification, please get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could help us to achieve great things for Hackney CVS and our community.