The Puppy Development Advisor helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by providing training and ongoing support to volunteers responsible for the caring and raising of Guide Dogs puppies in line with positive reinforcement techniques and delivering the Guide Dogs Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) programme. 

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Practical, hands-on experience within the field of canine behaviour modification, positive reinforcement or dog training as a practitioner

• Experience of coaching and training individuals and groups of people in practical skills and theoretical knowledge

• Experience of using a database to manage & maintain accurate records

• Experience of effective planning, prioritising and organising workload. 

Desirable 

• Experience of managing a team of staff or volunteers.

• Experience of delivering puppy classes/or working with puppies under a year old.

• Specific knowledge of puppy development and training.

• Knowledge of Salesforce database.

• Experience in virtual meeting platforms e.g. Zoom, WebX, Google hangout

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are shortlisted you would need to be available for interviews/assessments on the 13th & 14th of October 2021.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. 
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

The Puppy Development Advisor helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by providing training and ongoing support to volunteers responsible for the caring and raising of Guide Dogs puppies in line with positive reinforcement techniques and delivering the Guide Dogs Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) programme. 

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Practical, hands-on experience within the field of canine behaviour modification, positive reinforcement or dog training as a practitioner

• Experience of coaching and training individuals and groups of people in practical skills and theoretical knowledge

• Experience of using a database to manage & maintain accurate records

• Experience of effective planning, prioritising and organising workload. 

Desirable 

• Experience of managing a team of staff or volunteers.

• Experience of delivering puppy classes/or working with puppies under a year old.

• Specific knowledge of puppy development and training.

• Knowledge of Salesforce database.

• Experience in virtual meeting platforms e.g. Zoom, WebX, Google hangout

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. 

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Fixed term contract for 6 months

London (This position can be based outside the UK provided it is in a country with an SC office from which you would be able to work)

The job of a Save the Children's UK Business Development Advisor is busy and rewarding

• Do you have a successful track record of growing trading income and selling products and services globally, ideally for a social impact organisation?
• Do you have excellent partnership/account management skills with experience of also developing partnerships from scratch?
• Are you a positive people person with high levels of personal resilience and motivation?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

The Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) is a global learning initiative. Our mission is to enable people to prepare for and to respond to crises – acting quickly and effectively together to strengthen resilience and save lives. Our products and services are enabling humanitarian actors around the world to have the tools and resources to be more effective, agile, and holistic in their approach to saving lives and safeguarding livelihoods.

We are part of Save the Children UK (SCUK). Together we fight for children every single day so that they can make their mark on the world and build a better future.

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

The role of Business Development Advisor sits within the HLA. The HLA combines digital learning platforms, creative learning content and the design, development and delivery of quality accredited capacity strengthening and learning in an exciting and innovative offer unmatched anywhere across the humanitarian sector.

The majority of HLA learners come from crisis affected countries and to date almost 400,000 people worldwide have been reached through our Kaya Platform - a unique and unrivalled digital learning platform, that upskills and empowers the next generation of humanitarian workers and volunteers.

In addition to the free learning opportunities it offers to individuals, Kaya sells a range of solutions to help organisations curate, create and share their own high-quality learning.  Kaya also produces its own content (for example safeguarding) as well partnering with 65 contributors to offer 500+ courses in multiple languages on the platform.

Reporting directly to the Head of Creative Partnerships and Business Development the Business Development Advisor will be responsible for building and supporting commercial partnerships for the HLA-E (trading arm), selling learning products and services from HLA's innovative learning offering to organisations in the humanitarian and development sectors.

The key focus will be to increase trading income, enhance the partners experience and support in the development of new innovative income streams.

You will work on the customer journey for all new and existing HLA trading arm partners. This involves converting enquiries, upscaling existing partners, assisting existing partners and building a portfolio of new partners for Kaya and Hpass products.

Working collaboratively with colleagues from across the HLA team you will identify, develop and nurture current and new client relationships and partnerships to support the successful growth and sustainability of HLA's work.

This role is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join a new, busy team of five and play a key role in the Business Development, sales and partnerships activity for the trading arm of the HLA. 

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will visibly lead our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect

Main Accountabilities

The Business Development Advisor's key duties are to:

Business Development

• Support on the proposal development process for reactive and proactive opportunities, working closely with counterparts across the HLA
• Sell HLA's innovative learning products and services to organisations in the humanitarian and development sectors
• Support HLA's business development prospecting and pipeline activity. Ensure the right mix of funding and funders to meet our income targets, funding gaps and programmatic objectives
• Support existing activities to improve the overall functioning of the Business Development function in collaboration with other teams, including: pipeline, pipeline meetings, go-no-go and opportunity meeting processes

External Relationship Management 

• Provide account support of existing HLA-E partners and upscaling their support where possible
• Support a portfolio of relationships with existing and/or new partners and donors, with oversight of the wider relationships held at a regional level and across other parts of the team and SCUK.

Internal Relationship Management

• Develop and build strong relationships and collaborative ways of working with key departments across SCUK, the wider movement and sector including but not limited to Fundraising New Business team, Partnerships and Philanthropy team, and key strategic partners within the movement.
• Support colleagues from across the wider team to identify, build and manage relationships with partners.
• Contribute to supporting strong ways of working across the new team, as well as taking individual responsibility for building an inclusive and supportive team culture.

Monitoring & Reporting

• Support in developing key performance metrics (income, profitability, pipeline value, cost per acquisition, conversion rate, return on investment)
• To support the ongoing management and monitoring of contracts throughout the project/contract cycle
• Ensuring the awards and trading management information systems are up to date and that awards and trading contracts are donor compliant and audit ready.

Person Profile

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of growing trading income or selling products and services
• Experience of developing commercial partnerships and budgets
• Experience of partnership and account management with a range of partners within any sector
• Strong communication skills with experience of presenting information to varied audiences, including formal presentations, chairing meetings and pitching ideas
• Experience of prospecting and managing pipeline activities with skills in data-led decision making
• Strong financial acumen with experience of managing performance metrics (cost per acquisition, ROI, conversion rates) to increase the profitability of products and services
• Demonstrable interest or experience in NGO's, humanitarian, social impact or similar organisation

Abilities

• Ability to prioritise and reprioritise as new opportunities and challenges arise
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
• Ability to create order in a complex situation, and support colleagues to do the same

Aptitude

• Solutions focused: an innovator and natural problem solver, but willing to ask for support when required
• A positive people person with high levels of personal resilience and motivation
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

We are currently recruiting for Personal Advisors to join the Leaving Care service in a West Yorkshire based authority. To apply for this role you must have previous experience in Leaving Care and be able to hit the ground running.

You will work directly with young people and their families to safeguard and promote their welfare. You will coordinate Pathway Planning duties to support care leavers in their successful transition to adult life.

1. To support the implementation of children & young people's care and pathway plans
2. To prepare young people for a successful transition to adulthood
3. To support care leavers to move towards independence
4. To promote children & young people's participation

Responsibilities of the role:

• Working in a diverse culture

• Working with cases such as Exploitation and Mental Health

• Visiting Looked After Children in Placement and maintain contact
• Providing practical and emotional support to children and young people, parents and carers
• Undertaking Life Story work
• Planning and implementing programmes of agreed work with children/young people and their carers
• Supporting reunification plans by working with parents to equip them with the necessary skills to promote child/young person's appropriate development.
• Contributing to assessments and reviews of the care or pathway plan
• Supporting the transition from school to college
• Giving unbiased and informed advice on matters such as education, training and accommodation
• Working with social workers and other professionals to assist in the preparation and updating of Pathway Plans
• Working with carers to ensure that young people develop good self care skills
• Promoting education, training and employment opportunities
• Liaising as required with Adult Social Care Services, Mental Health Services, Substance Misuse Services to ensure the young person is in receipt of relevant services. Also liaising if required with Probation Services to support the rehabilitation and resettlement of young people serving community services or coming out of custody
• Liaising with accommodation & housing providers to secure appropriate accommodation and tenancies as required
• Ensuring young people receive their entitlements and are aware of their opportunities
• Organising and delivering group work.
• Developing young people's social, leisure and learning opportunities and age appropriate skills.
• Supporting the Children in Care Council and Care Leavers' Forum
• Advocating with and on behalf of the children and their families

Don't forget...Eden Brown Synergy offers a £200 referral bonus for Social Workers. If this role isn't for you but you know someone suitable, ask them to get in touch. £200 could be on it's way to you! Your expert recruitment consultant is Rhys Berryman, call today on 0113 220 7540 or email [email protected] Eden Brown Synergy is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Synergy is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

The Training & Behaviour Advisor helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by facilitating and supporting the roll out and maintenance of Guide Dogs’ Standardised training for our canine roles.

With support from the regional Training and Behaviour Consultant, the TBA provides expert training and behaviour advice and practical support to staff, clients and volunteers responsible for handling, socialising and training puppies and dogs.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Accredited qualification in animal behaviour and/or training, or equivalent experience.

• Membership to relevant bodies associated with the animal training and behaviour modification field.

• Practical, hands on experience within the field of behaviour modification and animal training at both a practitioner and supervisor level.

• Experience of coaching and training individuals and groups of people in practical skills and theoretical knowledge.

• Experience of working with a wide variety of animals with varied temperaments and needs.

Desirable 

• Accredited dog trainer/instructor (e.g. with Association of Pet Dog Trainers or Karen Pryor Academy).

• Experience working with volunteers

• Experience of working with dogs specifically in relation to the shaping of behaviours and task acquisition relevant to working dogs or similar.

• Experience of working with a wide variety of dogs, and breeds with varied temperaments and needs.

More details about this role and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity 

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised. 

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

12 month fixed term contract
Location – any UK office - Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester

Do you want to play a key role in a network which stands up for everyone’s right to a healthy, sustainable and affordable nutrition? Then join us as a twelve-month maternity cover for our Senior Adviser and help to facilitate and enable the work of over 4,000 organisations and more than 50 Civil Society Alliances (CSAs) around the world and play a leading role in our advocacy work.

The Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) is part of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which unites governments, UN bodies, businesses, donors and civil society in a collective effort to end malnutrition. The SUN CSN Secretariat team (of which this role is part) is hosted by Save the Children UK, and the two organisations share the passion for ending malnutrition wherever it is found. 

The Senior Adviser leads on the network’s strategy development, global governance and external advocacy work, and is responsible for running the SUN CSN’s regional and country support system, ensuring that Civil Society Alliances (CSAs) have access to the information and opportunities they need to deliver their plans and to contribute to multi-sectoral efforts to address malnutrition.

As Senior Adviser you will be responsible for supporting collaboration at all levels of the network, with particular emphasis on fostering regional coordination, enhancing governance practices, and building CSA capacity in key areas. This role is broad and strategic, working with the Head of the Secretariat to engage with the SUN Movement Secretariat and the other networks, coordinate CSN inputs into SUN Movement processes, and drive thought leadership on a variety of key issues facing the team.

In addition, you will: 

• Lead the dissemination and regionalisation of the SUN CSN strategy, and work closely with the Head of SUN CSN to oversee the different elements of the team’s workplan
• Lead the network’s global governance work, including ensuring CSN members are meaningfully equipped and supported to contribute to the SUN Lead Executive Committee and the CSN Steering Group, in consultation with a wide range of senior SUN Movement stakeholders
• Coordinate and manage the Secretariat’s regional and country support efforts, with focus on enabling collaboration and learning across the network, working closely with the existing SUN CSN regional coordinators and Secretariat focal points
• Lead the Secretariat’s global advocacy work, with focus on raising country and regional voices to the global level
• Support and advise the Advocacy and Youth Adviser with their advocacy agenda at country level
• Work with the Head of SUN CSN on strategic cross-network collaboration, with focus on regional and country level
• Act as Secretariat focal point for one or two regional group(s) and multiple national CSAs
• Support the Head of SUN CSN and deputise as required
• Drive thought-leadership on key issues affecting the SUN CSN, including private sector engagement, conflict of interest, the rights-based approach, and nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected settings
• Spend a portion of the CSN annual budget to deliver our workplan, subject to sign-off from the Head of SUN CSN
• Deepen and expand relationships with key high-level external experts, partners, donors and advocacy targets

To be successful we require that you demonstrate having clear and relevant advocacy and campaigning experience with a passion for achieving change for the most deprived and marginalised people around the world. We do not require you to have a formal university education, it’s your skill set in which we are most interested. An excellent strategic thinker, you will be capable of managing multiple competing priorities and concurrently holding important relationships with key partners across the SUN Movement and beyond.

In addition, you will: 

• Understand the role of advocacy, the power of coalitions, and the importance of holding governments to account for their actions 
• Have extensive advocacy experience and a record of successful influencing, ideally in developing countries 

• Have superior written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to communicate with impact to a range of audiences 
• Have a proven ability to work effectively with, and play an organisational role in, coalitions/networks of civil society organisations 
• Be a strong team player and collaborator
• Have language ability and be able to bring French (most needed) and Spanish (desirable) skills to our team. 

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future.

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Technical Advisor to join our team in London, UK.

The Senior Technical Advisor in Community-based health services will be responsible for evidence-based technical assistance, strategic advice, thought leadership and programme design related to delivery of health services at community level, strengthening community health systems, and fostering increased integration and resilience towards universal health coverage. The role will focus on community-based health services related to the control and elimination of communicable diseases.
The post-holder will provide technical support and be technically involved in specific projects, the post-holder will be actively involved in organisational activities such as business areas and/or communities of practice.

The successful candidate will have:

• Global Technical Director
• Members of the Senor Technical Team
• Country Technical Coordinators
• Members of the Global Technical Team, including the UK-based Technical Team
• Leads of Malaria Consortium’s Communities of Practice
• Leads of Malaria Consortium’s Business Areas
• Business Development Team
• External relations Team

Role purpose:

ShelterBox is seeking a Safety & Security Advisor to direct the development, implementation and monitoring of an effective strategy to mitigate risk, maintain continuity of humanitarian operations, as well as provide for the safety and security training and support for all staff and volunteers who travel on behalf of ShelterBox’s mission.

The Safety & Security Advisor will also liaise with other NGO and UN safety and security fora at a global level and act as the subject matter expert on all safety and security related matters at ShelterBox. The role will also assist in connecting staff who travel, to local safety and security forums and contacts.

The role will be responsible for establishing policies and standards affecting safety and security of staff members (including staff training), field facilities and assets, and aid delivery activities globally. The Safety & Security Advisor will also support a collaborative culture with our local partners to ensure their safety and security in the delivery of any projects funded by ShelterBox.

The incumbent will ensure security protocols and mechanisms are in place to address each project’s context and environment. The Safety & Security Advisor provides direction and technical support in developing and maintaining context specific field security plans.

Our people are essential to the organisation and you will be responsible for mentoring both deployable staff and Response Team volunteers in effective safety and security planning, and human factors.

This is a deployable role which may need to travel at short notice but will predominantly be based in HQ or other UK location.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Serve as the primary focal point for safety and security for both UK office and program offices globally;
• Support the leadership of the Operations Dept in ensuring that ‘operational’ safety and security is managed appropriately across all activities.
• Provide technical support where we have humanitarian programmes in the following areas:
  1. security/risk assessments;
  2. scenario planning, security plan development;
  3. crisis/contingency planning; and
  4. other security-related functions.
• Work with the Department Director to develop and update security plans, business continuity plans and crisis management plans, and policies and procedures, in accordance with best practices and ensure their implementation;
• Develop a culture of safety and security management for the organisation, including all associated policies, processes and tools. Ensuring that these are best in class.
• Provide advice and counsel to Operations management on matters relating to staff and volunteers and property safety and security;
• Investigate all safety and security related issues;
• In partnership with ShelterBox’s Learning & Development (L&D) team Develop and facilitate appropriate security and safety training for all deployable staff and volunteers;
• Conduct training needs assessments with key stakeholders resulting in increased safety, security and risk management capacity;
• Monitor security conditions and liaise and coordinate with external agencies – UN, peacekeeping missions, NGO coordinating bodies, local governments, private security contractors etc.
• Prioritising ‘do no harm’ principles. Ensuring those who encounter ShelterBox as a result of our activities are safeguarded from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings which place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm.
• Support the organisation’s critical incident management, including the development of processes and tools and ensuring organisational readiness.
• Support the humanitarian leadership at ShelterBox with responses as required.
• Collaborate with Operations/People Team colleagues on safety & security elements of recruitment and training design/delivery.
• Work away from home, which is unlikely to exceed 1 month at any one time – this may be UK or overseas training or deployment to disaster affected areas.
   

Other Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and motivation to operational staff and foster teamwork ensuring all activities are within the charity’s aims, objectives and values and in compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements;
• Establish and build effective working relationships across the organisation and with selected external partners.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and developments.
• Any other work assigned by the Director of International Programmes;
   

Depaul UK are currently looking for a Regional Volunteer & Mentor Coordinator to join our team based in the North West. You will join us on a part-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £24,174 FTE or £11,603 per annum (pro rata) + pension and benefits.

Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. We specialise in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness

Over the past 30 years, we have grown as an organisation and developed and enhanced our work and the impact it has across the UK.  Depaul UK has a wide range of services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness

The Regional Volunteer & Mentor Coordinator role: 

Depaul UK are recruiting for a permanent Regional Volunteering & Mentoring Coordinator to ensure our regional services have significant volunteer input.

In this role you will be proactively involved in organising community volunteers, corporate partnerships and mentors across all of our services. You will be responsible for the recruitment of volunteers and their support and supervision once in post.

What makes the Regional Volunteer & Mentor Coordinator role exciting?

• A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’.
• Training in the Depaul Endeavour model
• Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success as our Regional Volunteer & Mentor Coordinator:

• Experience managing volunteering and/or mentoring activity
• Experience working with young people or people who are homeless
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• Highly motivated and target driven with a track record in delivering set targets and outcomes

What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

You'll be joining a friendly, flexible, and values-led organisation, and will receive:

• Competitive salary
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest-free Annual Season Ticket Loan
• Four Weeks Paternity Leave

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Regional Volunteer & Mentor Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications: Friday 01 October 2021 at 12:00 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Want to use your skills in contracting and compliance play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as our Contracts & Compliance Adviser to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

This role is part of the WaterAid Institutional Funding & Partnership Team, which is responsible for supporting WaterAid to secure and manage sustainable restricted funding to deliver on its programme ambition.

As our results-focussed and customer service-oriented Contracts & Compliance Adviser, you will support WaterAid in managing restricted programme funding effectively and in compliance with funders' requirements and in line with WaterAid's contract management devolution strategy. This entails advising on high value and / or high-risk contracts, overseeing and improving internal contract management and compliance systems, and providing training and guidance on WaterAid's contract management and donor compliance processes.

This role is a permanent, full time position and sits within WaterAid's global support function, which is based in London. WaterAid will consider candidates based in countries where WaterAid UK has an operational presence, and where working hours have sufficient overlap with the UK.

How to Apply:
To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a Cover Letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format. Applications will close 23:59 UK time on 03/10/2021. Please note that shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis, and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.

In this role, you will support country teams - with a view of capacity building and developing best-practice - in the review and negotiation of contracts, including multi-country and commercial contracts.

You'll also:
* Work closely with other teams (e.g. Finance, Legal, Internal Audit) to ensure WaterAid rules maximise compliance with standard terms and conditions in contracts
* Develop and/or adapt training materials on contract management processes, from contract review and negotiations through to contract close-out
* In coordination with the Funding Process and Systems Advisor, help develop and manage monitoring systems and processes to reflect grant/contract management performance
* Working closely with colleagues in Bid Management and Country/Regional Teams, assess risk in new funding opportunities / contracts at every stage of the project life cycle

To be successful, you'll need:
* Experience of reviewing and negotiating contracts, preferably (but not necessarily) in the field of international development
* Demonstrated ability of managing and maintaining grant / contract management processes, preferably with experience in managing a range of grants and commercial contracts
* Experience of - and a passion for - facilitating / delivering training and building capacity and capability in teams
* Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment.

Salary:
The London based salary for this role is Circa £37,500 with excellent benefits. Salaries for different countries will vary in line with WaterAid's country/regional salary scales. WaterAid benefits in the UK include:

* 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
* Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
* We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
* Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements
* Season Ticket Loan
* Free annual eye tests
* Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
* Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
* Sabbaticals
* Volunteer Day

Additional Information:
This is an office-based post in a country where WaterAid has a presence - subject to cost and communication with the majority of WaterAid countries being practical. This post will have to work closely with colleagues and a line manager that are currently based in the UK, so time zones that make working in another country practicably feasible will be a consideration.

For London-based position, WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the country to which you wish to work.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.
 

SSAFA’s Personal Support & Social Work Service has a vacancy for a full-time Personal & Family Support Worker at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. The service provides a professional, confidential and comprehensive range of social work and welfare support services to the RAF Community within the UK.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, supports the person behind the uniform; any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us. Every year, SSAFA helps more than 73,000 people from the Forces family to get back on their feet; those currently serving, reserves, veterans and their families. Support is there for people at any stage in their military career; from the youngest recruit to the oldest veteran – no one’s service is ever forgotten. We give hope, help and personal support for as long as it takes to get that person’s life back to where they want it to be.

SSAFA is an employer that values the diversity of its workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Our colleagues come from varied backgrounds but we all have one thing in common – the desire to make a difference.

About the team

The Personal Support & Social Work Service comprises of 60 qualified and un-qualified social workers and administration support.  We have a presence at RAF stations across the UK.

This role is located at RAF Benson, part of the friendly and supportive South Team.  We are a hard-working team, dispersed across the South of England.  Although we all have our own area of responsibility, we support each other in delivering the best possible service to the military community. You’ll join us as we mark 30 years of serving the RAF as the PS & SWS.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity for an empathic person to join our team and contribute to the further development of the service. You will have the opportunity to develop and add to your existing skills and knowledge base in the Social Care field whilst providing welfare support to all serving RAF personnel, their immediate family and dependents. You will be conducting need assessments for our service users to plan and create the appropriate intervention required. You’ll work closely with Station Commanding Officers across a vast geographical area, as well as with relevant Local Authorities, Health and other civilian agencies. This is an exciting and sometimes unpredictable role where no two days are the same!

Find out more about the 30 year history of the Personal Support & Social Work Service and hear from a team member at RAF St Mawgan on our careers page.

About you

To carry out this role successfully you will have:

• Demonstrable experience of working in the field of Health and Social Care i.e., local authority, children and families/adults’ services.
• Proven experience of carrying out assessments, preparing plans and monitoring and reviewing outcomes – this is fundamental to excelling within this role.  
• Demonstrable organisational skills to manage a varied caseload.
• Excellent IT skills including experience of using a case management system.

You must be prepared to travel in the course of your work and a full driving licence and use of car are essential.

See the full job description on our website.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

To apply, go to SSAFA’s website.

It's vital that you use your supporting statement to demonstrate you have the knowledge, skills and experience relevant to the essential requirements of the person specification. Please provide specific examples of what you have done and how you believe this demonstrates you meet each requirement. Please note applications without supporting statements will be disregarded.

Closing date: Midnight on 29th September 2021

Interviews: 13th and 14th October at RAF Benson. If you are invited to attend an interview you will be required to undertake an aptitude test as part of the selection process. You will also be asked to complete a ten minute presentation and complete a case study analysis.

SSAFA is an Equal Opportunities Employer uses the Disclosure & Barring Service. SSAFA is committed to safeguarding and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you wish to apply for any of our vacancies you will be asked to answer some screening questions before completing an application form and uploading your CV.  Personal data to progress your application for employment is covered under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Article 6 Section 1b and Article 9 2b and c. Your details will not be used for any other purpose or shared with a third party without your permission.  Data on unsuccessful candidates will be retained for one year from the vacancy being filled. If you take up employment with us, your information will be held for the duration of your employment plus six full calendar years.

We are looking for a dedicated and ambitious individual to lead our project work in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and help achieve our plans to lift people from fuel poverty and work towards zero carbon homes 

You will:

• Lead on project delivery and development, the latter working closely with the Director
• Build strong relationships with partners in the Health sector, Local Authorities, installers and funders
• Line manage four advisors, who provide energy advice over the phone and out in the community. You will provide clear direction, assistance and support, and ensure we offer customers information and assistance of a high standard which is focused on client needs.
• Oversee the promotion and growth of our service
• Deal with complex or escalated customer enquiries or issues, such as difficulties accessing funding or safeguarding concerns, including handling phone calls and home visits

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Pan-London Black Women’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (Pan-London Black Women’s ISVA) to join our West London Rape Crisis’s ISVA team. The Pan-London Black Women’s ISVA will provide high quality, specialist short-term support to women across London who have experienced any form of sexual violence and are engaging (or considering engaging) with the criminal justice system.

This post holder will support women and girls who cannot access an ISVA in their local area or who are on a waiting list and need rapid interim support or advice. The role fills a gap in the current sexual violence service provision in London, helping to ensure that more women who require independent support and advice are able to receive this in a timely manner.

This pilot post will help us develop dedicated ISVA support which more effectively identifies and challenges the intersectional disadvantage black women and girls face in the criminal justice system and supports them on their journey of surviving and thriving after experiencing sexual violence. The remit of the role is likely to adapt in response to survivors support needs and demands presented to the service during the pilot project.

The ISVA service aims to provide trauma-informed, intersectional, woman-centred, rights and strengths based advocacy that supports women on their unique journey of healing. The ISVA service at WGN is passionate about campaigning and being a part of institutional change and reform of the criminal justice process for survivors of sexual violence. This post will be crucial in helping to identify issues affecting survivors and opportunities for change.

The ideal post holder will be experienced in providing advocacy support to clients from diverse communities in frontline or community based roles. If you have a strong understanding of the theory of intersectionality and how this impacts on black women’s experiences, including their routes to accessing justice and are passionate about supporting survivors of sexual violence and abuse, then we would like to hear from you.

This role will initially be on a remote working basis, changing to office based (in Hammersmith and Fulham and involving travel across London) when circumstances allow and as required by WGN’s services.

We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic communities.

We provide clinical supervision, access to an on-going CPD programme and the opportunity to work in a leading multi-cultural feminist organisation. WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October 2021

Applicants who have not received a response to their application within 2 weeks of the closing date should assume their application has not been successful on this occasion.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and DBS check.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

The purpose of the role is to oversee delivery of the Social Work and Therapeutic services. The position involves working strategically to ensure the sufficiency and sustainability of these areas of the business, whilst upholding the ethos of CCS, placing beneficiaries at the heart of the services, and ensuring practice and service delivery is of the highest professional standard - responsive to legislation and regulations. As the Ofsted Registered Manager, a key aspect of the role is to maintain the Agency’s Ofsted “Outstanding” rating. You will be a member of the Senior Management Team, supporting the overall direction of the organisation, and working to build on CCS’s reputation, raising its profile in terms of the services that it provides to children and their families.

Responsibilities include:

• To work strategically to:
  • Develop and lead on a three-year Adoption Recruitment and Conversion Strategy to ensure CCS has sufficient approved adopters to sustain the organisation’s core business model and meet the needs of children who have a plan for adoption
  • Explore opportunities for the diversification of practice around delivery of all types of permanency planning and support for vulnerable children and their families
  • Continue the progression of a sustainable business model for the Therapy service which meets the criteria of the ASF whilst developing alternative income streams.

• To keep abreast of trends and developments in the external local, regional and National adoption landscape; and changes to the Inter-agency Fee and the Adoption Support Fund.

• To prepare the annual budget for the Social Work and Therapeutic services in collaboration with the Finance Manager, and KPIs and business planning in collaboration with the Business Manager; reporting to the CEO on performance against budget and targets. 

• To oversee delivery of both the Agency’s Social Work Service and Therapeutic Service, ensuring operational plans are in place to meet service priorities efficiently and effectively, and deliver KPIs within budget.

• To provide direct line management and supervision of the Practice Managers (responsible for the day to day delivery of an efficient and responsive social work service) and the Therapy Service Lead (responsible for overseeing the Therapeutic Service); to conduct timely supervision and staff appraisals and ensure that staff development needs are recognised.

• To develop and maintain a smooth ‘adopter pathway’ and throughput of families from the Social Work Service to The Centre and/or Therapeutic Service, working closely with the Head of Centre and the Therapeutic Service Lead to ensure best outcomes for adopted children and their families.

• As Safeguarding Officer, manage and monitor Safeguarding issues relating to children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom the Agency works (across the whole agency). To ensure that Safeguarding knowledge, practice and reporting meets local and National requirements, and that vulnerable children and adults’ needs are at the forefront of any intervention.

• To fulfil the role of Agency Panel Advisor: ensuring the efficient and robust delivery of a professional Adoption Panel in line with Statutory Adoption Regulations and Agency policies.

• To ensure that Quality Assurance processes are in place for the Social Work Service and Therapeutic Service; and work with the CEO and other members of the Management Team to prepare for external scrutiny from regulated bodies. 

• To fulfil the position of Ofsted Registered Manager for the Agency; managing Ofsted inspections in a way that promotes and endeavours to sustain the Agency’s current ‘Outstanding’ rating.  To ensure that services are in a position of Ofsted ‘readiness’

• To ensure CHARMS (case management system) is used effectively in order that accurate records are maintained and timely reports can be produced; and evaluation processes are in place to monitor the effectiveness and impact of services, making changes to services where necessary.

• To prepare reports as required by the CEO including (but not limited to) a monthly Service Delivery Report, quarterly performance against KPIs, contribution to the Annual Trustee Report and preparation of the annual Agency report.

• To oversee and negotiate inter-agency agreements, acting as Agency link person and ensuring that any procedural and financial issues are clearly addressed.

• To ensure compliance with GDPR, Health and Safety legislation and operational standards, including effective management of risk as appropriate.

• To participate in the investigation of any Stage One complaints about the Social Work or Therapy Service as required by the Agency’s Complaints Procedure.

• To deputise as required for the CEO in their absence.

• To be flexible in terms of working hours, which will at times include work outside of core office hours.

• To undertake additional duties as required by the CEO.

Other Information

1. All staff must commit to Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discriminatory practice.

1. The post holder is expected to familiarise themselves with and adhere to all relevant Agency Policies and Procedures.

1. As this post meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check (Disclosure) from the Disclosure & Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.  This will include details of all cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions, whether “spent” or “unspent”.  Criminal convictions will only be taken into account when they are relevant to the post.

Key relationships

To deliver these responsibilities successfully the post-holder will need to work closely with the following CCS Adoption colleagues:

CEO, Practice Managers, Head of HR, Facilities and Administration, Head of Centre, Finance Manager, Business Manager, Therapeutic Services Lead