If you are located in West / East Sussex we are seeking a CEO with lived experience of using mental health services who demonstrates strong leadership and management skills in addition to strategic development, forward vision, financial planning and digital skills. The ability to present and negotiate are essential. This is an exciting opportunity for someone energetic and enthusiastic to advance their career in our sector. 

CAPITAL Project Trust provides social inclusion to people who have had or are suffering from mental distress. Anyone who has used or is using mental health services in West Sussex may join our membership through self-referral and all services provided are free to adults over 18. 

Established in 1997, we are uniquely within West Sussex, a mental health charity run 100% by and for people with lived experience of mental ill health. Our service provision aims to advance the education of our members together with the general public thus enabling the voice of our membership to be heard, facilitate positive change and enhance individual quality of life. 

We are core funded and contracted by the CCG and are a part of Pathfinder who are a West Sussex coalition of mental health charities.

The Legacy Engagement Officer helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering the implementation of the Legacy marketing strategy to increase revenue from Legacy and In Memoriam Giving to the benefit of Guide Dogs. This involves highlighting and promoting the area of Legacy and In Memoriam Giving to all Guide Dogs supporters as well as to internal stakeholders to increase the number of people leaving a gift to Guide Dogs in their will.

This role Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year pro rata. 

This is a home based Midlands role covering Birmingham, Coventry, Notingham and Peterborough. 

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

• Proven experience of developing and stewarding high value relationships.

• Willingness to manage and work across a wide geographical area.

• Proven experience of effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Proven experience of managing project spend and working with a number of different internal teams to influence and gain support.

• Demonstrable knowledge of Legacy Marketing and an understanding of Will making and related issues (i.e. conflict of interest and undue influence).

• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Inheritance Tax, Probate Law, GDPR and the Charity Commission’s Code of Practice. 

• Knowledge of, or willingness to train in, bereavement issues.

• Good understanding of profiling and segmentation/research tools.

Desirable 

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification.

• Professional membership to IOF. 

• Previous experience of planning and running a supporter facing or a customer events programme, including managing expenditure, external suppliers and KPIs.

• Previous exposure of working within a legacy marketing function/charity sector. 

• Previous experience in a direct marketing environment with an understanding of campaign management including data, design/creative and laser briefs

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.

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.

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 want someone who thrives on challenge, can instigate, and deliver change and work across boundaries. You will understand the value of social action and infrastructure support in the voluntary and community sector?

Building on the highly regarded work of our departing Chief Officer, we want to continue our progress. In a world recovering from the pandemic and lockdowns we want a new Chief Officer who has the skills, experience and drive to take on significant challenges, seize opportunities and create a sustainable future for our unique organisation. This will involve support for the VCSE in Leeds, as well as managing our trading subsidiary (VALYOU).

You will be resilient, adaptable, innovative, and persuasive with the ability to maintain, develop and create new relationships with key Leeds agencies. Whilst believing in the values and ethos of the VCSE, you will be able to take and deliver difficult decisions to provide a sustainable and agile organisation in these constantly changing times.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Voluntary Action Leeds is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Closing Date: 4th January 2022

Assessment Centre/Interview dates are likely to be: 17, 19, 25, 26 and 31 January

No applications will be accepted from recruitment agencies

VAL is committed to safeguarding and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check may be required for this appointment.

Job title: Programme Officer, Enrichment Activities

Location: Remote working in the UK

Responsible to: Programme Manager

Salary: £24,000 to £27,000

Contract: Full time, 37 hours a week

Closing Date: Monday 13th December at 10:00am

Interview Date: Thursday 16th December

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary

In spring 2021, in partnership with the charity Book Clubs In Schools, Speakers for Schools launched the first National Teen Book Club. 14-19 year olds from across the UK came together online to discuss a book, hear from authors and illustrators, and to work on their own creative writing pieces. The objectives of the programme include supporting young people to develop a passion for reading, gain insights into creative career opportunities and enhance their communication skills.

After a successful pilot, with positive feedback from young people and educators alike, we are now looking to scale the programme. As well as growing the National Teen Book Club, the Programme Officer will support in the scoping and piloting of other National Clubs that offer enrichment activities and new skills to young people. Our plan is to reach at least 50,000 young people this academic year. The Programme Officer will be crucial to this exciting programme, supporting with a wide variety of activities, including community management, content and planning.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

• Designing and developing activities for young people alongside our Programme Manager.
• Creating lessons, presentations and modules to support the development of young people’s skills.
• Coordinating stakeholder and speaker engagement for different enrichment activities, providing briefs, and securing engagement.
• Hosting some sessions and interviewing speakers as required for different enrichment activities.
• Confidently discussing speakers for Schools’ goals and aims via email communication, virtual meetings, and the telephone.
• Creating collateral for internal and external stakeholder engagement in National Clubs including copy writing, formatting collateral, and working with Speaker for Schools’ Marcomms team on design.
• Moderating communities in Google Classroom and other platforms.
• Creating impact evaluations with support from the Programme Manager.
• Editing videos of speakers’ talks for social media.
• Working independently and within a structured programme plan to meet targets and objectives set by the Programme Manager.
• Developing scalable activities and processes, while always ensuring the Enrichment Activities are safe and data compliant.
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team requires support with.

Key skills and experience:

Essential: -

• Experience supporting charity programmes
• Experience of collateral development and copy writing
• Experience working with young people and an ability to clearly communicate with and enthuse 11-19-year-olds to ensure they are getting the most out of our programmes
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Experience of community engagement and management
• Experiences in developing activities and learning modules for young people
• Experience of stakeholder engagement, briefings and securing support for programmes
• Sociable, confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders – from teenagers to educators to authors to social entrepreneurs
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Excellent written skills
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

Desirable: -

• Experience of working in programme support in education charities
• Interest and passion for reading, green skills, podcasting and/or social enterprise
• Experience hosting events for young people
• Confident interviewing stakeholders in front of large audiences online
• Experience using Google Classroom
• Experience communicating with educational establishments and a familiarity with how schools and colleges operate
• Experience supporting the set-up of programmes, and supporting them to scale
• Experience of safeguarding young people

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity is at our core, join us.

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period. Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

The closing date for this role is Monday 13th December at 10:00am.

Successful candidates will be invited to interview on Thursday 16th December.

Our new team member will start ASAP.

Newark Youth London is a leading young people’s charity working in Tower Hamlets since 1984.  We run a number of youth clubs, personal development & social action projects, and sports provision for our users.  It’s an exciting time to join the organisation as we embark on several new projects working with young people to improve their lives in Tower Hamlets. We are a small friendly team and are passionate about the development of children and young people.

We are looking for an experienced Project Officer to co-ordinate our Mayor of London Young Londoners Fund project. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, inspirational, good at promotion and able to engage at risk young people easily into our existing youth provision, personal development projects and sports provision.  They will also be good at working with partners and our existing team of youth workers and sports coaches to increase the opportunities on offer for young people to develop their lifeskills and make progression.

Main Responsibilities:

• To work with children and young people (10-21 years old) in Tower Hamlets, including those at risk of crime and offending, and engage them in regular  sports and youth club provisions
• To establish and build relationships with young people in order to engage them in personal development and social education programmes
• To provide information, advice & guidance (IAG) and mentoring support to help young people make positive contribution/change in their lives
• To co-ordinate existing provisions and co-design new provision/opportunities for young people by working with existing staff and local partners
• To promote a rewards system to motivate and inspire young people to participate in positive activities
• To create forums and involve family members to be involved in their children’s wellbeing and development
• To co-ordinate training courses and workshops for young people

The successful candidate will have the relevant youth work or equivalent qualifications and project co-ordination experience.  They will undergo enhanced DBS checks.

The role

It’s an exciting time for Leonard Cheshire, as we launch our new strategy to support people with disabilities around the world to live, learn, and work as independently as they choose. We are delighted to be expanding our major gifts programme to support the organisation’s global fundraising strategy. We are looking for a motivated, proud, and dynamic fundraiser with proven experience of raising funds from individuals and family run Trusts and Foundations to fill this crucial role in our Philanthropy team. This varied role presents a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious fundraiser with drive, intelligence, and passion to truly excel with a leading global disability charity.

The role will see the successful candidate developing and managing their own portfolio of major supporters via our Pioneer Circle giving programme, building relationships with new and current supporters, creating development plans, devising bespoke pitches and proposals, and offering thoughtful world-class stewardship to our most generous supporters. With a combined UK and International project portfolio, LC offers a unique opportunity to have the best of both worlds – offering a growing and diverse major gifts portfolio to cultivate, with the opportunity (with internal support) to pursue exciting new major gift opportunities.

Through phone, face to face and online conversations, and by producing high quality, persuasive pitch documents and impact reports, you will engage with a broad range of existing and potential major supporters to achieve measurable income growth, with the emphasis on themed and unrestricted funder opportunities to deepen our global impact. 

With a keen eye for opportunities, you will research, identify and help establish new groups of funders, developing relationships with a wide range of individuals how could potentially become influential champions of Leonard Cheshire and take on a formally recognised voluntary role. The successful candidate will also build strong collaborative-led relationships with colleagues across the UK and internationally to identify, cultivate and secure major gifts from internal and external networks.

As part of our pioneering new strategy, working closely with the Philanthropy Manager, you will help refine and improve existing known funding models, processes and products to create new major gifts concepts, including developing innovative approaches to fundraising, stewardship and cultivation events.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will be a positive, creative, and proactive individual who embraces challenge and a diverse workload. With success in cultivating new relationships, as well as maintaining warm relationships with existing supporters, the post holder will also be a self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have a proven track record of generating four figure donations from major donor sources, and first-hand experience of relationship led fundraising. You will be expected to quickly form positive relationships with internal and external partners as a representative of the organisation.

Benefits

We are a friendly and social team, enjoying regular team drinks and picnics in beautiful Vauxhall Park as well as quarterly team away days. When it is Covid-safe, the Philanthropy Officer would be encouraged to visit projects with supporters in the UK and internationally. There is also the opportunity to work from home or to come into the office in Vauxhall part time or full time.

Other benefits include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement
• An amazing 11% pension contribution
• Private health care options with Hospital Saturday Fund
• Access to an employee assistance programme through CanadaLife that looks after your wellbeing with a 24/7 UK-based online GP, counselling, a get-fit programme, legal and financial guidance, and other services.
• Cycle to Work
• Season Ticket Loan
• O2 discount

Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire supports people with disabilities around the world to fulfil their potential. Our support goes beyond supported living. Our programmes range from community volunteering and social action, to skill-development, employment, and digital inclusion in the UK and across 13 countries in Africa and Asia. 

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 14th December 2021

Part time permanent post, 18.5 hours per week

Working days – Tuesday (including evening), Wednesday and Saturday morning

With flexibility for additional overtime opportunities

Based in our offices in Reading, or London, with home working options

Salary in the range of £11,269 to £12,521 part time pro-rata per annum (Full time equivalent range £22,537 to £25,041 per annum)

If working from London, an additional location allowance of £1,650 per annum will be applied

Parents and Children Together (PACT) is an independent adoption charity and family support provider which helps hundreds of families every year through outstanding adoption services and therapeutic support and community projects across London and the South of England.

Our Adoption Services team recruit, prepare, approve and support adoptive parents for children in care.  We’re looking for an Enquiries Officer to join our team who operate our frontline enquiry service providing information and advice.

If you have outstanding customer service skills, are competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages, are accurate in the use of database systems and can demonstrate effective listening skills whilst developing your knowledge and understanding of our adoption enquiries, then we would like to hear from you.

To join our inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference, please visit our website for further information, a job description and anapplication form.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 13 December 2021.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22 December 2021.

Please note that we may close this advertisement earlier than stated should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.  Please do not submit your CV, only completed application forms will be accepted.  No agencies please.

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.

The My Sighted Guide Partnership Officer provides an exceptional person-centric service user experience, enabling people with sight loss to live the life they choose by acting as the champion and technical expert for My Sighted Guide services. They ensure My Sighted Guide services are available, when appropriate, to service users at all stages of their mobility journey.

We currently have 2 opportunities available in the South East:

London – permanent, full-time - Starting Salary £28,988 per annum + £4,200 London Weighting + benefits

St Albans – anticipated 7 month FTC, full-time - Starting Salary £28,988 per annum pro-rata + £2400 allowance pro-rata + benefits (please note this FTC could end earlier)

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

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

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

• Proven experience of volunteer management, supervision, and development.
• Experience of delivering training to groups and individuals in different formats.
• Relevant and recent skills and experience working in a safeguarding setting or having responsibility for the safeguarding of others, e.g. social care, education, health, police, voluntary sector safeguarding lead.
• Recent and relevant experience of working within the children /vulnerable adults’ sector.
• Relevant and recent knowledge of safeguarding practices.
• Demonstrates an understanding of visual impairment issues and service requirements.
• Understands the importance of accessibility and usability in a training context.

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

If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team.

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.

Please contact our Recruitment Team if you require any support with your application.

Overview 

At the Talent Foundry we are obsessed with helping young people discover what they are amazing at and we work with around 60,000 young people from across 1,600 secondary schools every year with this goal in mind.

We work only in areas of high socio-economic deprivation, running employability programmes in partnership with some of the most recognisable UK brands.  On top of this, we host our showcase Rock Assembly event for 10,000 young people at Wembley Arena – a unique blend of careers fair and pop concert for the schools we work with. Everything we do is free of charge for schools and pupils.

As we move into this next phase of our development, we are looking to appoint a Deputy Chief Executive. This is a new role which will oversee the operations of the trust and look to develop new charitable partnerships with both philanthropic grant givers and corporate partners.

We will be appointing to this role with succession planning in mind and are looking for a highly-energetic and inspirational leader who excels at building relationships and advocacy. The role will involve a significant amount of external facing work, including with potential funders and media.

Specific Responsibilities

New business:

• Engage with external partners, both corporate and philanthropic to grow the funding base for the trust.
• Write bids and programme plans and prepare budgets to secure external funding from corporate partners and attend meetings with other senior members of TTF (or alone) to discuss and agree these.
• Assist the CEO with budget planning for new programmes or initiatives.

Programme Oversight

• Working with the Head of Programmes, maintain oversight of the delivery of programmes against relevant and applicable key performance indicators to ensure all programmes are delivered on time, in budget and that they meet the stated aims and objectives.

Advocacy

• Lead on external relations, including building a media profile for TTF to grow its reach and sphere of influence.
• Develop the social media strategy, including growing audience and honing TTF’s voice across key platforms.
   

Operations

• Supported by the Finance and HR officer, overall responsibility for signing off budgets and accounts, including overseeing the annual audit.
• Oversight of overall cashflow to ensure financial stability of the trust.
• Oversee engagement of self-employed freelance staff and contractors and maintaining accurate records in line with data protection requirements.
• Working with the Head of Programmes, responsible for ensuring all due diligence checks are completed as requested by corporate partners and contract management.
• Responsible for compliance with all regulatory requirements (e.g. pension scheme, Charity Commission)
• Responsible for the Risk Register, updating this as necessary and present this to the Board for approval at least termly.
• Act as Data Protection Officer for the trust.
• Manage office moves as needed

Line Management

• Head of Programmes and Finance and HR Officer.

Other General Responsibilities

• Operate as a flexible team player and deputise for the CEO as required
• To provide a high level of customer care to anyone connected with TTF
• To be aware of and support diversity and equal opportunities for all, appreciating and supporting the role of other professionals
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of TTF
• To undertake all other duties commensurate with the level of the post as required, to ensure the efficient and effective running of TTF

TTF is committed to embedding Equality and Diversity across all its work and believes that a diverse range of perspectives at all levels is essential for our legitimacy and effectiveness.  We therefore strongly encourage applications from suitably experienced applicants from all walks of life who will continue to strengthen the diversity of our team.We would particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates as they are under represented on our team at the present time. 

The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Talent Foundry Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times.  If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the job holder identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, they must report this in line with the Safeguarding policy. 

About the role

Are you a passionate and exceptional fundraiser with experience of working with trusts or major donors?

We are seeking a highly motivated, resilient and driven fundraising officer with excellent relationship management skills to support the growth and success of our Partnerships and Philanthropy Unit.

The Philanthropy Officer will manage and steward a portfolio of trusts and major donors working with colleagues across the organisation to identify and research donor prospects, produce compelling concept notes and funding proposals aligned to donor priorities.

About you

You will have good experience and understanding of fundraising, ideally in a trust or major donor environment. With excellent communications skills and an ability to convey complex ideas simply, you will also be great at managing a variety of donors and multiple projects including event coordination.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our modern, open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station, 

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
• Some evening and weekend work may be required on an ad hoc basis, including attending events as a Practical Action representative.
• Flexible working hours are encouraged and enabled – depending on the role, remote working is possible.
• 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.
• Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Bike to Work scheme.

About us

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Practical Action believe that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued.  We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Additional information

• Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
• We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
• Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
•  The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Community Engagement Officer

BeyondAutism

Bromley and Wandsworth, London

Salary scale: £28,140 dependent on qualifications and experience

Details: Full time or Part time, permanent

Holiday: 25 days + Bank holidays

Location:  Bromley, Kent (with occasional visits to Wandsworth, London as required) with opportunities for some homeworking

Our vision is to ensure everyone with autism accesses an education which empowers a life full of choice, independence and opportunity.

We run two Independent Special Schools for children aged 4-19, two Post-19 service, Outreach and Training and an Early Years’ service in Bromley.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Officer, the Community Engagement Officer will play a key role in the development and implementation of BeyondAutism’s fundraising activities, with a key focus on securing funding for our Early Years’ Service in Bromley.

Working for this inspirational charity, the Community Engagement Officer will be an essential member of the fundraising team, working collaboratively with colleagues to identify funding needs and generate supporter networks. We have in the past enjoyed fundraising success from corporates, lottery, trusts, major donors and events. You will use your experience to build and develop relationships in the community/s by providing excellent support and stewardship to our volunteers, events, and key supporters in order to increase income in keeping with our funding strategy.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in the role of Community Engagement Officer, working and networking with community groups, confident working independently, equipped with a strategic mind-set, focus, drive, and enthusiasm, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills.

You will be adept at planning to ensure online and offline local fundraising campaigns are integrated and digital channels are used effectively. Contribute to digital fundraising campaigns to ensure messages, reporting and content creation work together to provide a better experience for our supporters.

The ideal candidate will have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of communicating complex information to a variety of audiences both in writing and in person.

This is a fixed term contract for 3 months with possibility of becoming permanent.

About the Role

We are looking for a Supporter Care Officer who is eager to hit the ground running, join our team based at our Head Office in Vauxhall, London.

Reporting to the Supporter Experience Manager, you will work on various administrative activities, including liaising with supporters, keeping the database updated and supporting the team with other requirements.

You will be the main point of contact with Leonard Cheshire supporters responsible for the inbound supporter care line and email, ensuring queries are dealt with effectively and on time.

About the team

Our small but mighty Individual Giving team sits within the wider Marketing & Fundraising directorate, which is set to see significant growth in 2019/20. We’re friendly, dynamic and have ambitious targets which this role will play a critical part in achieving.

About you

Ideally, you will have some experience in the supporter care field but as a minimum, you will bring some administration and telephone-based customer service experience together with the desire to help us develop and progress in a time of significant change.

You will be an effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills in addition to a professional and confident manner. You will be an effective team player who can work as part of a small and dynamic team as well as independently.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.

About Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire supports more than 30,000 people across the UK and globally to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. We’re the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services for people with disabilities and we do everything humanly possible to empower people to live their lives as freely and as fully as they choose.

• Benefits in store
  - Substantial annual leave, plus bank holidays and the option to buy more.
  - A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
  - Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
  - A Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (England & Wales) [NFYFC] is one of the largest rural youth organisations in the UK.  The organisation provides opportunities for personal development of its members through training programmes, competitions, skills certificates and overseas travel.  This is a democratic membership organisation comprising of approx. 580 Young Farmers’ Clubs in England & Wales which are grouped in 46 county federations.

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs supports the clubs and county federations achieve the charity objectives through a range of programmes and training underpinned by youth work principles.  Programmes of work are designed to offer opportunities for participation, learning, fun and personal development to YFC members aged 10 to 28 years and to those supporting them in their roles across England and Wales.

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) is seeking an individual to play a lead role in supporting and developing YFC county federations.  We have an exciting opportunity for a Development and Training Officer with a focus on skills/training, charity governance (including safeguarding) and to undertake development work as part of the YFC Covid recovery.

The Development and Training Officer post has been funded for a period of 18 months and joins a team of two other posts that deliver front-line guidance and support to the YFC workforce, comprising of volunteers and salaried officers of the YFC county federations in England and Wales.

These are dynamic roles giving Development and Training Officers insight into the operational processes of a national organisation working for and with young people.  The Development and Training Officers collaborate with the YFC county federation workforce and volunteers and the NFYFC HQ staff team on various topics and programmes, especially charity governance (including safeguarding) and identifying training and skills needs followed by the designing of training tools to meet those needs.

Candidates must be adaptable and enjoy responding to the challenges of a busy working environment.  The roles require self-motivation and the commitment to see a project through to completion.  Applicants must be charismatic, dedicated team players who can contribute positively and enthusiastically with a ‘can do’ attitude.

Contracted hours are balanced, there will be some periods that are busier than others, and post holders will average a 37½ hour working week.  Travel throughout England and Wales is a requirement of this home-based role and attendance at national meetings that NFYFC hosts (online, or often in Warwickshire) as well as team meetings at the NFYFC offices, Warwickshire will be required.  Working hours will include evenings and weekends, with some overnight stays essential.

Experience of working with or for a membership organisation will be an advantage.

This is a fixed term contract - 18 months. For full details on the role, please see the attached Job Description

The NFYFC is seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.  As a youth organisation the NFYFC is committed to the safeguarding of young people and adults at risk.  All posts are subject to Safe Recruiting Procedures, and these posts will require a DBS check at enhanced level.

Instructions to applicants:-

1.  All applications to be submitted on NFYFC’s application form and must be accompanied by a supporting email/letter

2.  Closing date for completed applications is 17.00 hrs Tuesday 14 December 2021

Or, marked Private & Confidential

James Eckley

Chief Officer

National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs

YFC Centre

10th Street

Stoneleigh Park

Kenilworth

Warwickshire

3. Please fill in an application form and send to the email address on our website

4.  Interviews to be held in early January 2022

A Cumbria wide project which supports people living with Autism wishes to appoint a Chief Executive Officer

This growing award-winning charity was established in 2016.  We are seeking a strategic leader, with commercial abilities and with the skills to lead a small team of staff and volunteers in the non-profit sector.  Triple A recently received a significant National Lottery grant to develop a major employment support programme.

This is a full-time post based in Penrith with a starting salary of £37,000 rising to £40,000 pa.

For application pack and details please contact:

Email: info @ tripleaproject. org .uk 

Candidates can request an informal discussion with the Chair of Trustees

Closing date for application 20/12/21 5pm.