Due to technical issues we have exended the application period to 12th July 2021

You will be an experienced, highly motivated Programme Manager; committed to helping us ensure we deliver this exciting programme of work to targets and timescales, impressing both our partners and commissioners in the process of making a significant difference to the uptake of bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening amongst harder-to-engage groups across Greater Manchester. 

The delivery of this programme is an opportunity for our partnership to build upon our collective experience in this field, our extensive community development track record and strategic commitment to asset-based models of building resilient communities and creating meaningful partnerships.

Our model of delivery is intended to generate additional social value by building capacity across VCSE networks, strengthening co-production approaches with communities and creating multiplier effects across wider health and wellbeing outcomes. 

We anticipate this Fixed Term Contract to be for 12 months.

The Skills, Information & Support Services (SISS) Operations Manager helps those with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading and managing a cross functional operations team of staff and volunteers working with adults, children and young people and their families to provide the consistent delivery of person-centred services in accordance with their needs. Our SISS services include My Sighted Guide which is a volunteer led service, Orientation and Mobility services working with visually impaired adults and Children & Young People services working with visually impaired children. This role will also include supporting the development and training of Trainees and inducting new starters to the team.

This position will be covering the North West region. Based from Atherton, Liverpool or Shrewsbury, the role will require travel across the region.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 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.

More details about this role, the Organisation 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.

Candidate requirements

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

Essential
• Certified Management qualification such as ILM or equivalent, relevant work experience in a management, supervisor or volunteer management role.
• Able to demonstrate experience of managing a complex operations environment where exceptional, customer-focused service delivery is achieved.
• Knowledge of current legislation, policy and research relating to people with sight loss and/or disability. Up to date with current policies, practice and thinking in the Education and/or Health and Social Care sector.
• A comprehensive knowledge of GDPR.

Desirable
• Project Management qualification (Prince-2 or equivalent).
• Professional qualification in a related field (e.g. CQSW/DipSW, post graduate, Dip/Cert, BEd/ PGCE, QTS, Habilitation/Rehab/GDT/GDMS).
• Experience of working with dogs (CAS role).
• Experience of professional supervision of staff working with children with complex needs. (SISS role).
• Experience of working in any of the following settings: education, health and social care, police/probation.

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 to 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.

Location: Wilmslow or London (home working in line with coronavirus advice)

Do you care about privacy and transparency? 

Are you interested in regulation of data and digital technology? 

Do you have experience in stakeholder relationship management? 

There has never been a more important or exciting time in data protection. The ICO is at the heart of so many issues of national importance from how our information is used to tackle COVID-19, influence our voting to increased surveillance of the public as we go about our everyday lives. These are exciting and challenging times for information rights. 

We have a crucial role of Senior Policy Officer – Relationship Management which will shape how the ICO manages its relationships with its stakeholders to ensure compliance with data protection legislation.

About the role: 

The Senior Policy Officer in the Relationship Management team will be responsible for ensuring that the ICO builds positive working relationships with its stakeholders to ensure that the ICO can deliver its regulatory responsibilities. The role’s responsibilities will include: 

• To identify and maintain relationships with sectors and stakeholders that present the highest risk and provide the greatest opportunities to achieving the ICO’s overall objective of improving public confidence in information rights.
• To lead on the development of stakeholder profiles and engagement plans for identified stakeholders or sectors.
• To build and maintain influential external relationships ensuring a co-ordinated approach to support regulatory supervisory or policy activities
• To be responsible for keeping abreast of developments within the sector that could impact on information rights legislation.
• To represent the ICO at selected national and international events, including speaking engagements. 
• To coordinate cross office work related to specific sector/stakeholder engagement. 
• To support the engagement aspects of internal projects, leading as appropriate.

About you: 

• You will have a degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience, with an interest in information rights law and regulation. 
• You will have experience of coordinating and managing senior level stakeholder relationships across an organisation to achieve impacts, and/or significant experience of developing policy and providing advice 
• You will have experience of analysing and applying DP, FoI or associated legislation or similarly complex legislation to develop policy and provide advice. 
• You will have the ability to use good judgement and problem solving skills in order devise plans and to take high profile decisions 
• You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, including excellent written, verbal and presentation skills 
• You will have ability to work under pressure, on own initiative and as a member of a team and handle large workloads.

In addition we would be particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience working within the police.

Closing date: 23:59 on 29 June 2021. 

Please visit the ICO website and apply online.

Interviews expected to be held via Microsoft Teams the week commencing 12 July 2021.

Why work for the Information Commissioner's Office?

We are proud to provide our people with a premium benefits package. We are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy:

• Flexible working hours, including flexi leave.
• Civil Service Pension arrangements.
• 25 days' paid holiday a year with options to buy, sell, and bank days.
• Extra "privilege" days in addition to normal public holidays.
• Compressed working hours options.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.
• Health cash plan.
• Colleague assistance scheme.
• Access to many discounted products and services.
• Welfare and family-friendly policies.
• Staff medical scheme and eyesight testing

Our employees are currently working remotely in line with government guidelines.

Please note if you are appointed to work with the ICO you will be required to complete security clearance processes. These include identity and qualification checks and a Basic Disclosure level check of unspent criminal convictions.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.  

We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. To find out more visit our Careers page on ico.jobs. We welcome and encourage applicants from all members of the community regardless of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, marital status, pregnancy or any other personal circumstances.

Dementia devastates lives. By 2021, 1 million people will be living with the condition. But dementia won't win. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here for anyone affected by dementia - wherever they are, whatever they're going through. Everything we do is informed and inspired by them.

CRM Project Business Lead Responsibilities:

Delivering on our strategy requires significant levels of investment and transformation across the Society. As part of this work we are modernising our technology infrastructure, including the design and implementation of a new CRM system.

The CRM Functional Lead - Business is a fixed term contract role accountable for ensuring the business needs of Fundraising, and other CRM users, are represented, and business benefits realised, within the Fundraising CRM replacement project.

The CRM replacement project is a critical project underpinning Fundraising’s long-term goals and success. Accountable for ensuring the business needs of Fundraising are represented, and business benefits realised, the CRM Functional Lead - Business, along with the CRM replacement team, will be responsible for the success of this project.

CRM Project Business Lead Requirements:

The successful candidate will have extensive experience and knowledge of fundraising methods and experience in leading CRM replacement projects or large process change.

You’ll bring a solution-focused approach to the role and confidently lead through change.

You’ll have experience of working at all levels of an organisation and within a structured project setting with established methodologies.

You’ll have a proactive and engaging approach and enjoy working in a collaborative and consultative way.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: CRM Project Business Lead
Location: Home Worker (England, Wales and NI)
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract, 2 to 3 years
Hours: Full time, 35 per week
Salary: £42,417 - £47,660 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London Allowance of £3,600 if applicable)

Closing Date: 24 June 2021
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Business Analyst, BA, Business Analysis, Analytics, Business Process Analyst, Digital Business Analyst, Fundraising, Project Manager, etc.

Ref: 100040

Dementia devastates lives. By 2021, 1 million people will be living with the condition. But dementia won't win. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here for anyone affected by dementia - wherever they are, whatever they're going through. Everything we do is informed and inspired by them.

CRM Project Technical Lead Responsibilities:

Delivering on our strategy requires significant levels of investment and transformation across the Society. As part of this work we are modernising our technology infrastructure, including the design and implementation of a new CRM system. The project is a critical project that will have underpin Fundraising’s long-term goals but also have significant impact on the CRM needs of the organisational at large including support for our services and other areas.

The CRM Functional Lead – Technical is a fixed term contract role accountable for ensuring the technical needs of our Data, IT and other organisational needs are represented within the Fundraising CRM replacement project. The role will ensure considerations such as security, performance, architectural design, testing, data migration, reporting and other non-functional needs are properly articulated and tracked throughout the project cycle. This role will drive the procurement, design and implementation of the technologies required whilst providing the right framework to give rigour to the project and our technical choices.

CRM Project Technical Lead Requirements:

The successful candidate will have extensive experience and knowledge leading CRM replacement projects or similar large system projects.

You’ll bring a solution focused and structured approach to the role and confidently lead through change.

You’ll have excellent understanding of technical considerations and terms required to consider all technical aspects of the project.

You’ll have a proactive and engaging approach and enjoy working in a collaborative and consultative way with strong personal accountability.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: CRM Project Technical Lead
Location: Home Worker (England, Wales and NI)
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract, 3 years
Hours: Full time, 35 per week
Salary: £42,417 - £47,660 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London Allowance of £3,600 if applicable)

Closing Date: 29 June 2021
Interview Date: W/C 5 July 2021

You may have experience of the following: IT Security, Performance Analyst, Architectural Design, Testing, Data Migration, Reporting Manager, IT Manager, etc.

Ref: 100043

The job of a Save the Children’s UK CRM Systems Programme Director is exciting and challenging.

• Do you have proven experience of successfully delivering large and complex scale technology change programmes?
• Do you have a strong track record on large CRM programmes?
• 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

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

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the CRM Systems Programme Director will set the direction of the large-scale and complex programme - a new CRM and customer data management systems (development of a Single Customer View and data imports). The programme will also include a comprehensive review of all supporter interfaces and all CRM activity aimed at driving support engagement.

The CRM programme will be delivered across the organisation and will include process design through to implementation, testing and training, transition to Go Live and hand back to business as usual (BAU).

This project is part of an overall organisational technology change strategy that will drive delivery excellence and agility in our delivery approach as well as transforming the digital experience for our supporters.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support 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.

Background

ReachOut is a mentoring charity working with children in disadvantaged communities to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and competence.

We improve self-confidence and develop Numeracy, Literacy and Communication Skills, whilst reinforcing our core values of Fairness, Self-Control, Good Judgement and Staying Power.

We do this through one-to-one mentoring with positive role models and team activities, to promote leadership, trust and responsibility.

ReachOut runs mentoring projects for young people in various schools in the afternoon and evening. Our young people are referred by schools for a variety of reasons, and many have complex needs that can affect their behaviour and self-esteem. Each project involves weekly mentoring sessions through the academic year. The sessions involve one-to-one academic & non-academic activities with volunteer mentors, group activities with mentors and young people, and extracurricular activities such as multi-sports, drama and arts and crafts.

Our Project Managers report to the Head of Delivery. They are responsible for line managing Project Officers, and through them, the delivery of projects in their region. They build and manage relationships with partner schools and ensure that all projects are delivered to the highest standard. Project Managers work closely with the Volunteer Team and Fundraising Team to maintain impactful mentoring sessions for our young people.

In 2021/22, ReachOut aims to expand our delivery and engage over 1000 young people through a mix of in-person (when safe to do so) and online mentoring programmes. Our long-term aim is to double our reach and be working with 2000 young people by 2024!

We are looking for innovative and passionate people that want to contribute to this growth whilst ensuring maximum impact on each young person.

At ReachOut, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We aim to be an organisation that represents the young people that we mentor. We actively encourage applications from candidates from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds as these are under-represented within our organisation.

Job Description

• Logistical planning, management and evaluation of mentoring projects in allocated schools
• Relationship management with allocated partner schools, including communication with staff and members of the SLT to ensure effective co-ordination and running of projects
• Recruitment and on-boarding of new partner schools
• Manage a budget for projects within allocated schools
• Line manage and develop Project Officers responsible for projects in your allocated schools and support the management of Project Leaders (sessional staff line managed by Project Officers) who deliver one project per week
• Source and manage partner organisations to run non-academic activities at the projects
• Provide cover for delivery of projects where required
• Development of project resources, including academic and non-academic activities.
• Support the ongoing training and development of the project team, including full-time and sessional staff.
• Support with volunteer recruitment and training as required, for example attending recruitment events and delivering training
• Project Managers also share management of all project-related activities, for example:

• Recruitment and training of Project Leaders
• Event management
• Project resource development

• Represent ReachOut in line with our values and mission in all stakeholder communication and at external events
• Ensure that ReachOut policies and procedures are followed and adhered to
• Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead for the organisation
• Carry out any other duties as required by ReachOut and to act in a manner that is in keeping with ReachOut’s values

Person Specification

• Belief in ReachOut’s mission and passionate about our character building agenda
• 2+ years of experience working with young people aged 9 to 16 with a range of needs e.g. challenging behaviour, S.E.N, low academic attainment and/or confidence
• Understanding of the challenges and issues facing young people today
• Understanding of the education system at KS2, 3 and 4 Level
• Knowledge and experience of following safeguarding policies and procedures
• 2+ years of experience of managing services and permanent full time staff
• 2+ years of experience managing relationships with various stakeholders
• Ability to promote services for young people to bring on board new partner schools and organisations 
• Proficient IT skills, including use of Microsoft Office programmes
• Leadership and teamwork skills
• Good communicator: orally and in writing
• Proactive approach and able to use initiative and creativity to find solutions to problems
• Ability to adapt in unpredictable circumstances and learn from challenging situations
• Positive, enthusiastic and adopts a “can do” mentality
• Can work flexible hours when necessary
• Willing to travel to various locations across the region to attend projects and events
• Willing to travel to other regional offices on occasion and stay overnight if required

We are recruiting for two Project Managers, one based in London and one in Manchester.

To apply, please send your CV and a supporting statement, addressing each point of the person specification, clearly describing how your skills and experience makes you suitable for this role and provide evidence for each point.

Please include in your application the location you wish to be considered for.

The deadline for applications is Friday 25th June 2021 5pm.

Applications will be assessed as they come in and assessment centres will be held on a rolling basis. Once the position is filled the vacancy will be closed so applicants are advised to apply early.

Please note, if you are a successful candidate you will be required to undergo an enhanced criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. ReachOut will cover the cost of the check and guide you through the process. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

Fundraising Manager

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£35,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented professional to join our Fundraising Team as Fundraising Manager. The role is responsible for the development of new and existing donor relationships.

This role is also responsible for leading and supporting face-to-face meetings with grant making trusts, corporate partners and major donor philanthropists. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with internal stakeholders to develop new projects and ensure donor requirements and engagement opportunities are met.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you’ll support them to develop and maintain a significant new donor pipeline (250+ donors). You will deliver on funder bids, applications, proposals and EOIs.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require an individual with exceptional attention to detail and experience communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You must have strong evidence of project management, proposal writing and persuasive communication.

The role is also suitable for those with the desire to play a key role in securing new income for the organisation as the charity looks to expand its reach into more areas of disadvantage across the country, improving the outcomes for children who need the most support. Above all, you will be deeply committed to our charitable mission and have the motivation to constantly improve and adapt in the face of challenge.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

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

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

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 19th July 2021. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 26th July 2021.

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

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

About Us

At Together Trust we believe everybody deserves an equal chance in life. There are no exceptions. We provide a wide range of support services including fostering, residential, community and family support. We also provide specialist educational support through our schools and colleges.

We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager for ourshort breaks service based inCheadle, Stockport. This Ofsted “Good” rated service supports over 35 families with young people who have a range ofcomplex learning and sensory needs.

As our registered manager, you will…

Work alongside an established team of exceptional registered managers, where your combined skills and knowledge will further enhance the children's residential and short breaks services at the Trust.

Develop a style of leadership and organisational culture to ensure open and participatory management and practice, promoting the wellbeing of all individuals and a positive image of short break services.

Identify opportunities to develop and implement working partnerships with those Agencies wishing to contract for services provided by Together Trust.

Promote the Trust's Values and Principles, ensuring that all work in the development and delivery of service plans is carried out within the Strategic Statement.

Establish an enabling culture, and effectively manage a provision which enables the young people to achieve optimum outcomes in a safe and secure environment.

Implement practices which foster positive working relationships and productive networks with all stakeholders and local communities.

Select, recruit and retain staff to ensure a safe, nurturing and positive environment.

Take responsibility for the development and motivation of the staff team, individuals and self to enhance performance to include timely supervision and appraisals.

Ensure delegated budgets are adhered to within the Trust's financial procedures, including the achievement of income generated targets.

Devise and monitor systems to ensure that the staff team carry out all duties and responsibilities as prescribed within their job descriptions, relevant occupational standards, National Care Standards and the Trust's policies and procedures.

Take responsibility for managing the strategic direction and development of the service, consulting and working with other agencies to produce proposals and plans as required.

To take lead responsibility for maintaining quality standards within the service, this includes regulatory requirements i.e. regulatory monitoring, pre inspection questionnaires and following through all actions and requirements from inspections to ensure that positive ratings are achieved.

About you…

If you have residential childcare management experience and can demonstrate success in delivering outstanding childcare in a children's home, then we want to hear from you!

We ask that you hold an NVQ Level 3 in children and young people along with an NVQ Level 5 in leadership and management. You'll also need at least one year's experience in management and supervision of staff. Extensive experience of working with children with complex needs, you will have up to date knowledge of children's homes legislation, Ofsted inspection framework, quality standards and children's homes regulations 2015.

The Trust offers many benefits such as:

Extensive support from the senior operations team and team of registered managers within the Together Trust

Input from the Together Trust clinical team

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent training programme

Dedicated and established service and staff team

Pension

Childcare vouchers

Staff support services/EAP

We are looking to recruit a full time (37.5 hrs per week) shop manager for our Urmston shop. Core working hours are 9.00 to 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday. You will need to be flexible about your working days/days off in the event of staff absence. 

Our Urmston shop has been part of the community for over 10 years. We are seeking to recruit someone who has a passion for people, retail and animals who can continue to nurture the positive community relations we have established. The site is split on two levels and the work involves processing high volumes of incoming donations, so you must be able to cope with the physical demands of this role. There are weekly targets set for sales and Gift Aid and you must be motivated to achieve great results.

This post is to start in July 2021

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS

Key Responsibilities:

• The Programme Manager will run the PMO and be the main point of contact for project management across the Together Trust.
• You will proactively manage the delivery of the Together Trust’s programmes.
• You will provide guidance and mentoring to project managers.
• You will ensure effective quality assurance and that projects adhere to defined project processes, standards and service specific policies.
• You will oversee contract compliance and ensure all projects are delivered to agreed expectations.
• You will need to ensure reports, data collection and analysis is undertaken to meet reporting deadlines.
• You will be expected to report progress at regular intervals to the Senior Leadership Team and other stakeholder groups and escalate deviations from timelines/budgets to the leadership team.
• The Programme manager will play a key role in cross-organizational working - sharing best practice across infrastructure and operational teams.
• You will ensure risks and issues are managed and mitigated as far as possible.
• You should also be looking for opportunities for process improvement across the organisation.

About you

• Degree qualified in Business, Administration, I.T. or a related field.
• A qualification in managing projects/programs. e.g. MSP or Prince2
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working on large scale programs.:
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Highly organised.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future and be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro-rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution

• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

North - Based in Manchester / South - Based in London (Remote Working)

Fixed term contract until 30 June 2022 (with possible extension subject to funding)

Sporting Equals is the only UK wide charity existing to increase ethnic diversity in sport and physical activity. We are seeking a proactive and experienced individuals to manage our project work in the North (based in Manchester) and the South covering London and Slough.

You will have experience of engaging and working with diverse ethnic communities and partners to help deliver projects. The role will involve supporting a number of projects and building up our Associate Membership network.

This is an active, outward facing position and the individual must have strong experience of community engagement and project management. If you are a good communicator with the ability to persuade a range of stakeholders to work together to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays (pro rata), a contributory pension scheme and employee welfare schemes.

Diversity is at the core of our organisation. We believe in inclusion by supporting and empowering our staff and aim to create an equal and inclusive workspace for all.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter via the apply button with your required location in the subject line.

Closing date: 9.30am on Wednesday, 30 June 2021.

At the University of Manchester Students' Union, our mission is to be the voice of students at Manchester, effecting change and enriching student life together.  Diversity, liberation and inclusion is at the core of our organisational values and key to our work with staff, student leaders and students. 

We are looking for a Diversity and Inclusion Manager to manage our newly created Diversity, Liberation and Inclusion Team, set up to develop, enhance and coordinate our equality, diversity, liberation and inclusion work with our students and student leaders.  This is an exciting time for the newly formed team, as we develop and implement a Diversity and Liberation Strategy to meet the needs and aspirations of our staff, students and student leaders.

We believe that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and that we have a part to play in that. Our work is guided by our values of:

Openness  |  Belonging  |  Strength  |  Collaboration

Belonging to the VCSE in Manchester, we are part of a process of community mental health transformation in the city. This is an exciting time to influence improving access to services, and the support available to people with mental health issues. As part of this process we are working collaboratively within the sector, with commissioners, providers and people with lived experience. To enable this work to move forward we are looking to employ a:

Mental Health Transformation Manager

In order to transform services we need to work together and this role will help support a visioning and transformation process over the next three years, bringing together organisations and people from across the mental health system to work together to make access and services more responsive to the needs of people with mental health problems and their carers. The post will sit with Manchester Mind but be for the benefit of the whole sector.

Salary: £38,890-£41,881

Hours: 35 hours per week

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Developing a vision through collaboration and recognising strength.
• Involving all stakeholders in ways where people feel safe and able to contribute.
• Being able to contribute to planning and delivery of a vision.
• Experience and knowledge of achieving system change.

Application documents can be downloaded from this listing, or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website.

Applications must be received by 12noon, Thursday 24th June 2021.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.