Flexible location - Fixed term maternity cover contract for a period of 14 months from April 2021

The role

The role is maternity cover during a key period of cross-organisational activity for the Digital Product team. Expected outcomes for this period include the development of a new website for Breast Cancer Now, and a related project to ensure cookie compliance across all our websites and apps.

The Head of Digital Product leads on the development and management of digital platforms, website content and technology.

The role will manage the Digital Product team, who work on website projects, digital services and apps, and support the delivery of content for these, including but not limited to health tools and products, ecommerce systems and fundraising campaigns.

The role will work with the Associate Director, Digital and Strategic Insight to deliver a digital product and content strategy for the charity, including the development of new digital products to achieve marketing and organisational objectives. 

The role manages two Digital Product Managers and the Digital Content Manager.

About you

At this key time for the Digital Product team, you will have demonstrable experience delivering large-scale website development projects using Agile methodologies.

You are a collaborative and effective communicator, with a track record of engaging internal stakeholders and managing multiple external agencies. You’re as comfortable managing teams and working with colleagues using remote working platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Slack as you are in an office environment.

You have a strong understanding of digital product management and digital content management and production, with direct experience in the development and maintenance of websites.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Please note that whilst Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home, this role will be based in your chosen office and the expectation is that once restrictions are eased that the post holder will be based within this office for the majority of the time. Should you have any queries with regards to this please contact us in the first instance.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date Monday 8 March 2021 at 9:00am

Interview date Friday 12 March 2021

Position: Insight and Impact Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based)
Salary: £38,506 - £43,897 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 2
Department: Information and Support

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

In our Insight and Impact Manager role, you’ll be leading the collection, analysis, and presentation of evidence to measure our impact across our services. This is an important role that helps provide greater insight into the service needs of the MS Community.

You’ll be working closely with colleagues across the organisation to support the further development, promotion and innovation of our services to people affected by MS.

We’re looking for candidates with:

• A proven track record of data collection and analysis, using a range of techniques
• Experience in evaluating and organising information
• Experience of developing databases and data capture systems
• Excellent knowledge of the use and application of statistical techniques (eg. averaging, correlations, statistical significance)
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, graphs, and formulae.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.

As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 10 March

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We are committed to promoting equality and diversity. 

No agencies please.

Location: Flexible across any of  our England or Wales offices

About Us 

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery  to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced evaluation and research professional who enjoys working with others to generate useful and actionable evidence.

You will be part of a small cross-organisation evaluation and customer insight team. This post is in the Evaluation Team, which has an important role in generating evidence for the Fund and the sector about what makes a difference in supporting people and communities to thrive. During this exceptional time, this includes understanding what has been helping organisations quickly adapt their services, as well as evidence to inform community recovery. 

You will be responsible for providing advice on some large, complex evaluations of strategic funding programmes, as well as giving practical guidance to colleagues in the organisation about different ways that good evidence can be generated and used. You will be proactive in making evidence accessible and meaningful as part of our evidence strategy. You are passionate about good quality evidence, as well as what is proportionate and appropriate for different stakeholders and uses.

You maintain constructive relationships with external evaluators and develop a wide network in the sector influencing stakeholders at all levels.

You will be based in England or Wales (office locations include Birmingham, Cardiff, London, and Newcastle. Like our other team members based across the UK, you will be working UK wide.

The Fund offers a salary and generous benefits package, including a full Civil Service pension.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Closing Date: 28th Feb 2021

Interview Date: Wednesday 10th March

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable professional experience and sound academic understanding of i) evaluation design and methodology, including implementing complex evaluations and ii) both qualitative and quantitative social research methodologies and techniques.
• Experience of designing tenders, commissioning evaluations and of managing external research/evaluation consultants
• Excellent communications skills. Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Proven ability to present complex information to a generalist audience. 

Desirable Criteria

• Excellent numerical, statistical and analytical skills with proven ability and experience of using these to analyse data and write concise clear and compelling analysis.
• Project management experience.

For You 

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

How to Apply 

Visit our website for further details about the vacancy and our application process.

Equal Opportunities 

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Amdanom ni

Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol yw'r ariannwr cymunedol mwyaf yn y DU - rydym yn falch o ddyfarnu arian a godir gan chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol i gymunedau ledled y DU. Y llynedd yn unig, fe ddyfarnom dros hanner biliwn o bunnoedd (£508.5 miliwn) o arian y Loteri Genedlaethol i dros 11,000 o brosiectau cymunedol ledled y DU, gan alluogi hyd yn oed mwy o bobl a chymunedau i ddod â'u syniadau a'u huchelgeisiau'n fyw. Rydym yn cefnogi ystod eang o brosiectau iechyd, addysgol, amgylcheddol ac elusennol gyda grantiau'n amrywio o gyn lleied â £500 i raglenni gwerth miliynau o bunnoedd. Roedd 86% o'n grantiau newydd am lai na £10,000.

Wrth wraidd popeth a wnawn yw'r gred bod cymunedau'n ffynnu pan fydd pobl yn arwain. Mae grantiau’r Loteri Genedlaethol yn agored i bawb ac mae'n fraint i ni allu gweithio gyda'r grwpiau llawr gwlad lleiaf hyd at elusennau mawr ledled y DU. Rydym wedi newid y ffordd rydym yn gweithio ar draws y Gronfa i'n helpu i wasanaethu pobl a chymunedau yn fwy effeithiol, gan weithio'n hyblyg ac ar eu telerau; gan weithio’n agosach at gymunedau.

Ynglŷn â'r Rôl

Rydym yn chwilio am weithiwr proffesiynol gwerthuso ac ymchwil profiadol sy'n mwynhau gweithio gydag eraill i greu tystiolaeth ddefnyddiol a ymarferol.

Byddwch yn rhan o dîm gwerthuso a mewnwelediad cwsmeriaid traws-drefniadol bach. Mae'r swydd hon yn y Tîm Gwerthuso, sydd â rôl bwysig o ran cynhyrchu tystiolaeth i'r Gronfa a'r sector am yr hyn sy'n gwneud gwahaniaeth o ran cefnogi pobl a chymunedau i ffynnu. Yn ystod y cyfnod eithriadol hwn, mae hyn yn cynnwys deall yr hyn sydd wedi bod yn helpu sefydliadau i addasu eu gwasanaethau'n gyflym, yn ogystal â thystiolaeth i lywio adferiad cymunedol. 

Byddwch yn gyfrifol am ddarparu cyngor ar rai gwerthusiadau mawr, cymhleth o raglenni ariannu strategol, yn ogystal â rhoi arweiniad ymarferol i gydweithwyr yn y sefydliad am wahanol ffyrdd y gellir cynhyrchu a defnyddio tystiolaeth dda. Byddwch yn rhagweithiol wrth sicrhau bod tystiolaeth yn hygyrch ac yn ystyrlon fel rhan o'n strategaeth dystiolaeth. Rydych yn angerddol am dystiolaeth o ansawdd da, yn ogystal â'r hyn sy'n gymesur ac yn briodol ar gyfer gwahanol budd-ddeiliaid a defnyddiau.

Rydych yn cynnal perthynas adeiladol â gwerthuswyr allanol ac yn datblygu rhwydwaith eang yn y sector sy'n dylanwadu ar fudd-ddeiliaid ar bob lefel.

Byddwch wedi'ch lleoli yn un o'n swyddfeydd yng Nghymru neu Loegr (mae lleoliadau swyddfa yn cynnwys Caerdydd, Birmingham, Llundain a Newcastle). Fel ein haelodau tîm eraill ledled y DU, byddwch yn gweithio ledled y DU.

Mae'r Gronfa'n cynnig pecyn cyflog a buddion hael, gan gynnwys pensiwn llawn gan y Gwasanaeth Sifil.

Math o gontract: Parhaol

Oriau: 37 Awr yr wythnos, ystyrir gweithio hyblyg

Dyddiad cau: 28ain Chwefror 2021

Dyddiad cyfweld: Dydd Mercher 10fed Mawrth

Prawf Hanfodol

• Profiad proffesiynol amlwg a dealltwriaeth academaidd gadarn o i) dylunio a methodoleg gwerthuso, gan gynnwys gweithredu gwerthusiadau cymhleth a ii) methodolegau a thechnegau ymchwil cymdeithasol ansoddol a meintiol.
• Profiad o ddylunio tendrau, comisiynu gwerthusiadau a rheoli ymgynghorwyr ymchwil/gwerthuso allanol
• Sgiliau cyfathrebu rhagorol. Y gallu i ddylanwadu ar fudd-ddeiliaid ar bob lefel. Gallu profedig i gyflwyno gwybodaeth gymhleth i gynulleidfa gyffredinol.

Meini Prawf Dymunol

• Sgiliau rhifiadol, ystadegol a dadansoddol rhagorol gyda gallu a phrofiad profedig o ddefnyddio'r rhain i ddadansoddi data ac ysgrifennu dadansoddiad clir a chymhellol cryno.
• Profiad o reoli prosiect.

I chi 

Rydym yn ceisio datblygu ein staff a chynnig ystod eang o gyfleoedd datblygiad personol.

Rydym yn cynnig ystod eang o fanteision hael gan gynnwys:

• Gwyliau blynyddol hael a chynllun pensiwn y cwmni
• Gweithio hyblyg i gefnogi staff gyda'u cydbwysedd rhwng bywyd a gwaith, gan ystyried pethau fel cyfrifoldebau gofalu, addoliad a phresenoldeb mewn gwyliau crefyddol
• Absenoldeb mamolaeth, tadolaeth a mabwysiadu â thâl uwch
• Tocynnau tymor a benthyciadau beicio i'r gwaith
• Absenoldeb gwirfoddoli â thâl

Sut i ymgeisio

Ewch i'n gwefan   am ragor o fanylion am y swydd wag a'n proses ymgeisio.

Dylech gynnwys unrhyw wybodaeth bellach yn yr adran hon fel un sy'n berthnasol i'r rôl, dim ond os oes angen.

Rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau am y rôl yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg a bydd ceisiadau a dderbynnir yn y naill iaith neu'r llall yn cael eu trin yn gyfartal. I wneud cais yn Gymraeg, anfonwch e-bost atom.

Cyfleoedd cyfartal 

Mae cydraddoldeb, amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant yn ein gwaith o wneud grantiau, ac ymhlith ein pobl, i gyd yn hanfodol i'n llwyddiant wrth gefnogi pobl a chymunedau i ffynnu.  Credwn y dylai ein pobl gynrychioli'r cymunedau, y sefydliadau a'r unigolion rydym yn gweithio gyda nhw.  Rydym wedi ymrwymo i fod yn lle cynhwysol a gwych i weithio, ac rydym yn cydnabod bod ein pobl yn dod o gefndiroedd amrywiol. Rydym yn gyflogwr hyderus o ran Anabledd ac yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bobl anabl.

Policy & Public Affairs Manager

C £35,000 per annum depending on experience

Contract:Permanent

Location:Flexible home-based, with easy access to Westminster, London and willingness to travel to Cardiff and Edinburgh on a regular basis.

A world without liver disease – that’s our vision.

The British Liver Trust is the leading UK charity for adults affected by liver disease. Liver disease is the only one of the five big killer diseases that continues to increase, the Trust works to transform liver health through increased awareness, prevention, improved care and support.

We are looking for an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to join the team. This new role, will be responsible for working across Westminster and the devolved nations to influence politicians and parliamentarians so that we reduce liver disease mortality and improve care for patients with liver disease and liver cancer in the UK.

Primarily the post holder will:

• Be responsible for developing and implementing our influencing agenda, shaping and driving policy change.
• Ensure the British Liver Trust engages effectively and works in partnership with relevant key stakeholders including parliamentarians, politicians in the devolved nations, civil servants, policymakers, researchers, other related charities and clinical bodies
• Lead activities in responding to key legislative proposals, government consultations, and other strategic political consultations and developments that impact upon liver disease and liver cancer

You must be able to demonstrate success in a similar role. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and committed team, to help demonstrate the impact of our work and deliver great supporter care.

We are an equal opportunities employer and would be particularly pleased to hear from candidates from minority group backgrounds.

• a covering letter explaining how your experience, skills and knowledge make you suitable for the role, with particular relevance to the Job Description
• an up to date CV

Closing date: 9.00am 2.3.21

Interviews (via Zoom): 10.3.21

An exciting temp to perm opportunity for a Support Services Team Manager has arisen to join an amazing women's charity. This fantastic charity are working to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence and all other forms of violence against women and girls.

Main duties:
Manage a multi-faceted team of Independent Personal Assistant's.
Promote and support effective team working through good communication and regular team meetings.
Responsible for day-to-day operation of staff.
Work closely with the other Team Managers, Services Manager and Director to ensure quality of service at all times.
Provide accurate management information as and when required.
Provide regular formal case management and supervision of staff.
Participate in the senior management team's strategic development.
Ensure all staff members receive an induction and are aware of all policies and
procedures.
Identify and implement ongoing continuous service improvement
Contribute the development of training plans for staff and policy and procedures for the organisation.
Responsible for identifying recruitment needs.
Facilitate staff development, including mentoring, delivering training, facilitating regular team meetings, observing practice etc.
Ensure that Health & Safety procedures within all premises are maintained.
Review and authorise risk assessments.
Act as the first point of contact for all queries around support issues.
Ensure adequate provision of services for all women, children and young people accessing the service.
To respond to service user complaints.
Adhere to the organisation's child protection policies and procedures.
Comply with data protection legislation, confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedures and all legislation connected to your work.
Support colleagues and partner agencies, through awareness raising and institutional advocacy, in order to provide the best possible service for service users.
If you are immediately available with the above skills and experience, apply online toady!

An exciting temp to perm opportunity for a Support Services Team Manager has arisen to join an amazing women's charity in Cardiff. This fantastic charity are working to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence and all other forms of violence against women and girls.

Main duties:
Manage a multi-faceted team of Independent Personal Assistant's.
Promote and support effective team working through good communication and regular team meetings.
Responsible for day-to-day operation of staff.
Work closely with the other Team Managers, Services Manager and Director to ensure quality of service at all times.
Provide accurate management information as and when required.
Provide regular formal case management and supervision of staff.
Participate in the senior management team's strategic development.
Ensure all staff members receive an induction and are aware of all policies and
procedures.
Identify and implement ongoing continuous service improvement
Contribute the development of training plans for staff and policy and procedures for the organisation.
Responsible for identifying recruitment needs.
Facilitate staff development, including mentoring, delivering training, facilitating regular team meetings, observing practice etc.
Ensure that Health & Safety procedures within all premises are maintained.
Review and authorise risk assessments.
Act as the first point of contact for all queries around support issues.
Ensure adequate provision of services for all women, children and young people accessing the service.
To respond to service user complaints.
Adhere to the organisation's child protection policies and procedures.
Comply with data protection legislation, confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedures and all legislation connected to your work.
Support colleagues and partner agencies, through awareness raising and institutional advocacy, in order to provide the best possible service for service users.
If you are immediately available with the above skills and experience, apply online today, interviews will be held on a rolling basis due to the urgency of this role!

Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?

Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It’s a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely doesn’t have to exist.

We’re looking for a passionate, talented and experienced person join Team Llamau and develop, motivate and lead our skilled Income Generation and Fundraising Teams.

You’ll be an excellent relationship builder with a proven track record in developing and meeting income generation targets. You will have demonstrable experience of working in a senior role and in supporting and motivating your teams to deliver the charity’s income generation and communications strategies.

You’ll be working alongside passionate and supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you’ll be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day. 

Reference: SFC07

Location: Head Office, Cardiff

Working hours: Full Time working hours are 37 hours per week.  This will include some evenings and weekends for which TOIL will be given. Please note that flexibility is required to work outside these hours in order to fulfil the responsibilities of the post.

On Call: Participation in Llamau’s office buildings On Call rota

Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience

Contract: Full Time, Permanent 

Please submit your completed application by midday on 8th March 2021.

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language. 
 
We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK. 
 
These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

THE CONTEXT

The Cultural Engagement Business unit has a portfolio of programmes and projects delivered across the British Council’s entire global network of 110 countries including the UK.It covers the following sectors:
•  Arts – visual arts; drama and dance; architecture, design and fashion; creative economy; cultural skills, culture and development; film; literature; music
•  Education – schools, skills and vocational education, higher education, science and research
•  Society – civil society and young people; social enterprise; justice security and stability; gender and inclusion

Cultural Engagement has a significant size portfolio of client-funded contracts from various HMG departments and the EU requiring a global approach to safeguarding implementation to client standards.  There is high profile reporting to these clients that needs to be globally coordinated and delivered through the Head of Safeguarding to manage our reputation.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is an exciting opportunity to assist with the implementation of a new safeguarding framework across all Cultural Engagement programme delivery in line with the global Safeguarding strategy and policies. This role has been specifically created to support the Cultural Engagement Business Unit of the British Council one of two business units in the British Council.

There is already a foundation of good practice in relation to child protection in cultural engagement programmes, however, with a recent move by the British Council towards a more proactive wider safeguarding approach which includes adults at risk there is significant work to do to do in this area in partnership with the global safeguarding team.  

 Duties will include:

• Manage and ensure comprehensive implementation of the safeguarding framework across all Cultural Engagement programmes and projects aligned to the global safeguarding policy, strategy
• Create safeguarding tools and resources specifically for Cultural Engagement in partnership with the global safeguarding team to assist with risk identification, management and mitigation
• Provide safeguarding advice, consultation and support to all Cultural Engagement programmes/delivery, projects and events, including the provision of specialist advice and support as required to embed safeguarding 
• Support and advise the regional/country/global safeguarding leads as required in relation to Cultural Engagement activity and safeguarding risk management. 
• Create and share safeguarding data reports and analysis of incidents and cases relating to concerns/issues within this business area to Cultural Engagement leadership team
• Raise awareness of the new and increased safeguarding risk to programmes
• Update the Cultural Engagement framework of support and guidance for programme managers and all staff

 

ABOUT YOU

• Experience of working in an international development/humanitarian context within in an international organization
• A sound and demonstrable knowledge of child protection/safeguarding service delivery within international settings
• Experience of delivering effective safeguarding engagement and learning initiatives
• Demonstrate an understanding and in-depth knowledge of the global safeguarding agenda
• Experience of project management within an international context
• Have extensive experience of safeguarding risk management including safeguarding case management

Role Specific Skills            l

• Partnership working across varied stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Data analysis, report writing and supporting the work of senior managers within a safeguarding setting
• International service delivery – within a safeguarding/child protection setting
• Networking and relationship building
• Supporting new service delivery
• Ability to be flexible and to work with all levels of seniority both internally and externally
   

What you will receive:
Outstanding Civil Service Pension Scheme
32 Days Holiday
Annual Travel Season Ticket Loan
Annual Performance related bonus
London weighting £3,300

Pay Band  8
Contract type: IndefinitieContract
Location:  Manchester, London, Belfast,Cardiff and Edinburgh

South Wales based charity, Valleys Kids has an exciting opportunity for the right person to be their new Chief Executive.

Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community.

We’re now looking for someone with energy, passion and experience to build on this success and ensure that the pioneering spirit of Valley’s Kids flourishes into the future. 

If you want to be a key part of this exciting journey, and think you’re up for the challenge, we want to hear from you!

For a full introduction to Valleys Kids and the CEO role, please download the job pack below. 

Job title: Chief Executive

Responsible to: Valleys Kids Board of Trustees

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Location: Penygraig, South Wales with some home working

Hours: Full-time

As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge.  We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer pension contributions: 3%

Introduction

The Chief Executive must have the drive, enthusiasm. leadership and management skills needed for helping us to sustain and build upon a remarkable legacy of community development work within the South Wales coalfield area.

Key responsibilities

To provide leadership for the whole organisation and to be responsible for the management and administration of Valleys Kids within the strategic and accountability frameworks laid down by the board of trustees.

Leadership

•To lead, inspire and motivate staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to contribute significantly to organisational development.

•To assist the board in maintaining the values, ethos, vision, and mission of Valleys Kids.

•To ensure that Valleys Kids’ values, ethos and policies are relevant, fair and consistently implemented.

•To develop and keep under review a medium-term to long-term strategy for Valleys Kids which sets out how it can achieve its vision and mission and obtain board approval for it.

•To ensure that the work of Valleys Kids is focused on achieving the priorities set out in the strategic plan and establishing the most effective service responses to the needs identified within communities. 

•To develop an organisation that is constantly seeking ways to learn, to improve its performance, and to innovate.

•To maintain an environment that attracts and retains the best staff and volunteers.

Management

•To be accountable to the board for the proper and effective management of Valleys Kids.

•To run Valleys Kids efficiently and effectively by ensuring that the organisation has an appropriate management structure and management systems which enable it to fulfil its strategic objectives and to carry out its work.

•To ensure that all management policies and decisions support the agreed vision, mission, values, and strategic priorities of Valleys Kids.

•To ensure that the business, operational and annual plans needed to underpin the strategic plan are developed, agreed and implemented.

•To provide staff with operational arrangements that ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities and delegations.

•To ensure that the work done to recruit, manage, train, support and develop staff reflects good employment
practice and is directed towards achieving Valleys
Kids’ objectives.

•To ensure that Valleys Kids is aware of best practice and that it constantly works to achieve this within the constraints laid down by the trustees and resources available.

•To identify appropriate methods for monitoring the performance of Valleys Kids and getting feedback on service quality and for providing performance reports back to the board on the performance of Valleys Kids against its strategy, its business, operational and annual plans, and against the annual budget as approved by the board.

Finance and risk

•To be responsible overall for the financial health of Valleys Kids including developing, overseeing and monitoring an effective programme of income generation.

•To put in place effective budget-setting, financial planning and delegation processes.

•To ensure that the major risks to which Valleys Kids is exposed are reviewed regularly by the board and the executive team, systems have been established to mitigate these risks, and a risk analysis is automatically carried out when taking on new work or proposing new work to the board.

•To ensure that there are effective mechanisms to ensure the robustness of external and internal controls (financial and non-financial).

External and Internal relations

•To ensure effective communications throughout Valleys Kids and externally.

•To develop Valleys Kids’ public profile and foster good relationships with government, statutory/voluntary/private bodies, and other external stakeholders.

•To set up mechanisms for listening to the views of current and future beneficiaries on the performance
of Valleys Kids, as well as on areas for future development.

•To engage with stakeholders in partnerships which seek to promote co-working, identification of need, the provision of shared services and effective use of resources.

•To scan the external environment for changes that may affect Valleys Kids, to advise the trustees proactively and to take necessary action.

Legal and regulatory compliance

•To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

•Together with the Chair, to enable the board of trustees to fulfil its duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of Valleys Kids and to ensure that the board receives timely advice and appropriate information on all relevant matters.

•To lead on the responsibilities Valleys Kids has to safeguard those deemed to be vulnerable and to promote the rights of people with protected characteristics.

Ensuring high-quality governance

•To draw the board’s attention to matters that it should consider and decide.

•To ensure that the board receives all necessary advice, guidance and information on matters relating to current performance, the short- and long-term future of Valleys Kids, regulatory and legal compliance, and other appropriate issues; and making sure that such advice, guidance and information are timely, honest, balanced and relevant.

•In partnership with the Chair, to ensure that the board’s delegated authority is recorded in writing and understood fully by staff and volunteers, and that all agreed reporting procedures are followed.

•To work closely with the board to ensure that the board contains the skills it requires to govern Valleys Kids well, and that the board has access to relevant external professional advice and expertise.

•To report regularly to the board of trustees on the performance of Valleys Kids, progress towards the strategic priorities and the achievement of board policies.

•To submit high-level policy proposals for the approval of the board or assist the board in the development of
these policies, and to be responsible for the efficient and effective achievement of these policies.

•To implement board decisions.

Person Specification

•A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.

•Substantial experience of CEO or senior leadership at a strategic level.

•Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities, understand a wide range of activities and effectively manage a diverse team of professional, technical and commercial staff.

•Evidence of successful staff engagement and development practice, linking organisational values with employee behaviour.

•Ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.

•A strong track record of change, project and crisis management.

•Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.

•A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships (including central and local government, funders, national and local NGOs and the media).

•An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well.

•Experience of budget and financial management

•Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.

•An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.

•Knowledge of risk management and information security.

•Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.

•A commitment to effectively safeguarding people at risk of harm or abuse.

•Development and management of social enterprise activities (trading activities that support the mission of the organisation and bring in unrestricted income for it).

•Existing networks in South Wales that could support the work of Valleys Kids.

•Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.

•Knowledge of relevant current and emerging technologies.

Other requirements

•Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.

• Full valid driving licence and use of a vehicle.

Chief Operating Officer

Salary: Circa £60k

St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) has supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. We existed before the National Health Service and provided the earliest ‘medical’ support to those who were sick or injured.

Now, in 2021, SJAC continues to perform a major role in strengthening community resilience, ensuring people are trained in first aid and able to fulfil key front-line roles to support vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and income generating services whilst assisting their own career development. As a Charity, we partner with the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and the NHS Health Boards, providing ambulance support services in addition to a falls service as well as maintaining our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local- based communities including schools throughout Wales.

We also provide additional support to the people of Wales through:

• Medical duties at events.
• Community based divisions.
• Falls Assistant programme.
• Caring Caller programme.
• Community First Responders (CFR).

We are also keen to focus on the development of new, innovative services which will support us in achieving our mission to save lives and enhance the health and well-being in the communities of Wales.

Since March 2020, SJAC has worked more closely than ever in partnership with WAST and NHS, as we have increased capacity and developed new innovative ways of working in order to assist and relieve the overwhelming pressure brought about by COVID-19. We have helped by continuing to provide care and support across the field hospitals, within the vaccination centres and have strengthened our Urgent Care Support within the Ambulance Service.

St John Ambulance Cymru is currently undergoing an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of its existing service, financial and workforce model, developing a rejuvenated culture aligned to our core vision and values to improve our overall People experience.

The Opportunity

To help promote, manage and deliver our modernisation strategy, as well as play a key role in the development of new services, we are seeking a talented Chief Operating Officer to oversee responsibility for the development of all operational services governing Ambulance, Training and Community services. This brand-new position will be key to identifying and articulating the vision and strategic direction of a newly established integrated Operations Division whilst developing and improving performance and outcomes.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive and having line management responsibility for three Heads of Service, you will be expected to develop and oversee the delivery of charitable activities within our communities to further improve and impact positively on people’s health and well-being, balanced with the need to ensure St John Ambulance Cymru maximises opportunities available to deliver the right services, at the right time, in the right place, deemed commercially viable, generating income within a not-for-profit’ environment but which ensures the services provided by SJAC remain trustworthy, competitive and sought after by the public and also the independent and private sectors.

What you'll need to be successful

To achieve the above, we are looking for a talented Chief Operating Officer with a proven track record of credible and influential leadership, extensive experience in a senior management role and you will be able to evidence an ability to develop and manage services in a complex environment.

You will have first-class communication and influencing skills with a proven track record of achieving results through collaborative working with the added ability to motivate and inspire people to deliver the best possible services.

You will also be able to demonstrate your experience of driving strong operational performance and governance, working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels and encouraging creativity with a strong collegiate team ethic.

How to Apply

If you believe you possess the required skills and attributes to help us lead the delivery of our strategic vision, pathing the way for future growth, we would love to hear from you! To apply for this unique and exciting opportunity, please click the apply button. You will then be send an application pack which you must complete and return with a copy of your CV (no longer than one page) by Midday on Wednesday 10th March 2021. If you have any questions about this role, please contact Helen Smith, Chief Executive for an informal chat