Senior Community Fundraiser / Community Fundraising Manager

(Dependant on experience)

Salary: £25,000 to £32.000 pa

Fixed Term Maternity Cover until October 2022

Nottingham Hospitals Charity is looking for an experienced motivated and creative Senior Community Fundraiser / Community Fundraising Manager to lead a team of two community fundraisers and be part of the senior fundraising team.

With demonstrable experience of delivering on fundraising targets, you will have experience in donor acquisition, large scale community events and working with donors and fundraisers to support their fundraising plans.

You will be skilled in communications with a wide range of donors and stakeholders and be capable of analysing data and producing reports that help in strategic decision making.

If you would like to be part of a dynamic team working in a fast paced hospital environment we would love to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, Nottingham Hospitals Charity 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.

The ability to drive and the use of a car is essential for this role.

To be considered for this role please send a current CV along with a covering letter as to why you think you are suited to this role.

Closing Date 8 August 2021

Interview Date TBC

Déda, a creative centre for dance, movement and the arts for Derby and the Midlands is seeking a talented Marketing Manager to lead on and implement its ambitious marketing and audience development plans.

Hours: 25 hours per week

Salary: £18,611 pa (FTE 35h £26,056)

Based at: Déda, 19 Chapel Street, Derby DE1 3GU

Déda is a vibrant and inspirational place to work with many opportunities and challenges for a creative marketing manager to thrive on and develop professionally. The role would suit a professional marketer that is ready for their first management role or for an experienced manager to move into the arts sector.

You will have marketing experience within a venue or organisation and be educated to degree level or have a professional marketing qualification. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate experience in desktop publishing, digital advertising, press, public relations, social media and direct marketing and managing a marketing budget effectively. Understanding and experience of implementing policies and procedures for GDPR and fundraising regulations would be a significant advantage as would experience of our sales platform Ticketsolve.

We are seeking to recruit from a broad and diverse selection of candidates from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.

Location: Any of our UK Trust offices

This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished data analyst to join The Prince’s Trust, working on our crucial Health & Social Care contract.

Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do so analysing and evaluating our services is key to informing the programmes we design and showcasing our success with partners and funders. We’re on an exciting journey to transform how The Trust users data and want you to be part of it!

Most importantly you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.

What you will do:

• Lead the data strategy for our H&SC contract, driving our performance and showcasing our work with our supporters
• Work with a team of analysts to transform how we use data across the Trust to shape our services
• Create and maintain an infrastructure of systems and tools for undertaking analysis and supplying data and insights.

What we need from you:

• Strong analytics skills including use of data analysis tools such as Tableau, Power BI and Google studio, BI systems such as Oracle service cloud and software including R, Python and SQL
• Strong communications skills including both written and verbal outputs, including facilitating insight-based discussions
• Experience leading an analytics project or development of new functionality
• The ability to upskill and knowledge share with less experienced colleagues, this role will include line management of a less experienced analyst.

For more information and to apply, please go to our website. 

To be considered, you will need to add your CV and a covering statement as to how your experience fits the role criteria. We are currently receiving high volumes of applications, so we urge you to complete a supporting statement, otherwise, your application could be unsuccessful.

JOB DESCRIPTION - SUPPORT TEAM MANAGER (LEICESTERSHIRE BASED)

Responsible to: Service Director

Responsible for: Senior Support Worker & Support Workers

Location: Baca office, Loughborough, England. The role requires regular travel across the country to deliver Baca’s services.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, including some evening and weekend hours

Contract: Permanent

Salary Band: £25000 - £30000 per annum

Overall Purpose

• To be a leader in the support and care to the young people so they become empowered with dignity, strength and hope inspiring them to become change makers for good in the communities around them. 
• To partner with social workers and representatives from other agencies, for the benefit of the young people.
• To provide support, guidance, motivation and be an example to support workers inspiring them to be fully investing in the young people and developing their own skills and passions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the Rebuild service, ensuring it is of the highest quality, through the Support Team, in line with Baca’s Theory of change to enable young people to achieve the following outcomes –
  • Improved Physical Wellbeing,
  • Improved Emotional Wellbeing,
  • Increased engagement with Education, Employment and Training,
  • Increased Social engagement and
  • Increased Personal Safety
• Be an active member of the Management Team, working across teams effectively in a coordinated manner, to ensure holistic day to day services are delivered in line with Baca’s values and policies, for the best interests of the young people.
• To take the lead for management and development of Support Workers to deliver a high-quality service, ensuring effective communication and coordination across teams.
• Lead on ensuring safeguarding culture and practices are embedded in the core of all services delivered.
• Ensure the continuous development of our service to young people by working constructively with all internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Lead and prioritise activities, meetings, appointments and support work involved in the delivery of the support work to young people.
• Work collaboratively with the Service Director to ensure all Local Authority relationships are strong and effective, so that best practice is shared and partnerships are built.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with relevant external stakeholders with proactivity, effective communication and problem solving initiative, reflecting Baca’s values, to provide a holistic development package for each young person enabling them to become independent.
• Regularly review and manage risks associated with young people in line with established policies and processes, and work closely with the Management and Leadership teams to respond and mitigate against key risks.
• Lead, organise and coordinate meetings & events for internal and external stakeholders as required, ensuring all relevant actions are followed through and promote the best interests of the young people.
• Playing an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role, especially in the areas of emotional wellbeing, asylum and refugee law, trafficking, supporting separated children and the cultures of different nations relevant to Baca, by learning from the young people themselves and other key partners.
• Actively facilitate the research and identification of the most appropriate provisions for education, leisure activities, community facilities, local amenities, taking into account the - physical, emotional, safety, social, cultural and religious – needs of the young people. 
• To be proactively available to cover as a support worker, in all instances necessary, to ensure the young people are cared for with compassion and to ensure they are progressing towards independence.
• Ensure Senior Support Worker is ready to take on all management duties for the support team in the absence of the Support Team Manager.
• Ensure the Support Team work in adherence to organisation’s policies, procedures and guidance’s, including all the administrative tasks associated with their respective roles.
• Manage budgets, working closely with the finance team, necessary for delivering young people services.
• Be part of the Oncall team and deliver oncall support outside of work hours on a rota basis, which comes with additional pay per night.

General

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation  
• Take ownership of all administrative aspects of the role.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy.  
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy  
• Be adept in employing the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy  
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures.  
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, in line with the needs of the team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Marketing & Communications to join our team for a 12 month fixed term contract as maternity cover.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing Nottingham Hospital Charity’s marketing communications and digital content strategy as part of our new post-COVID Development Strategy.

We are looking for a natural and enthusiastic leader, who will have responsibility for leading and working with a high-performing team to deliver a work programme that includes developing and delivering a multi-channel communications strategy, building new communities and providing greater fundraising engagement.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, the post-holder will support the development of new Appeals and existing fundraising campaigns by developing content that engages audiences and drives revenue, as well as proactively building and managing the brand and improving the understanding of what Nottingham Hospitals Charity does across a wide range of audiences.

With experience of working in a complex environment, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will possess excellent inter-personal skills, a high level of determination and an ability to positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

As an equal opportunities employer, Nottingham Hospitals Charity 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.

Head of Research & Evaluation
Salary: £40,850 – £43,000 per annum 
Hours: Full Time – 37.5hrs per week
Based: at our office in Leicester with agile home working

About Us 
The RAF Association exists to support the RAF community across a variety of services.  We are a group of Charities with our main body being the RAF Association. In addition, we have several smaller subsidiary organisations, which are all linked to our strategic priorities to positively impact the lives of serving personnel, veterans and their families. We are proud to have supported over 81,000 members of the RAF community in the last year with both practical and emotional assistance, despite the many challenges presented to us because of the pandemic. Our focus for 2021 and beyond is to continue to deliver our existing services, in addition to developing new services that are both sustainable and effective.

About the role 
Our welfare team are placed at the heart of what we do.  The Head of Research is part of our extended management team, reporting to the Director of Welfare.  You will work collaboratively with your peers, Directors and Trustees to continue to embed an evidence-based culture. This role is the Association’s subject matter expert, providing professional advice, expertise and leadership on all aspects of research and evaluation.

What we need from you 
The successful candidate will have experience of working in partnership to develop and deliver impactful research projects. Experience of managing existing, and developing new external relationships is required, alongside proven experience of leading and developing team members.

You will be an experienced research professional with a passion for ensuring that research and data is at the heart of decision making. You will have a strong desire to voice your observations around service performance and identify key messages from your data to the wider organisation, to drive and inspire action. Overall we’re looking for someone who is values driven in their behaviours and committed to using their expertise to really make a difference.

Why join us? 
This is an exciting opportunity for a values driven senior professional to be part of a compassionate and caring organisation with such an impactful agenda. We’ve weathered the Covid storm incredibly well and our passion and commitment are as strong ever. If you’re looking for an opportunity to use your robust experience within a structure that is both agile and worthwhile then we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: 1pm Friday 13th August 2021
First stage interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams

If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and attach your CV and covering letter outlining your key strengths against the job description (attached to help your application). It will be sent automatically to us.

The RAF Association is a Disability Confident Employer.

No agencies please.

Charity People are so pleased to be working in partnership with Guide Dogs, to find new Academy Guide Mobility Specialists (A-GDMS) who will provide specialist advice and support to Guide Dog service users.

Guide Dogs is a leading, national organisation that provide support and services to enhance the lives of people who are blind and partially sighted, including breeding and training guide and companion dogs. Their ambition is to have a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support, they need to live their lives to the full.

As an A-GDMS, you will be responsible for learning to deliver partnership training in line with our ethical and person-centred approach, as well as carry out assessments for matching dogs and service users, design and implement individual training plans and work closely with service users to develop their guide dog partnership skills. You will be key in ensuring service users become confident and skilled in their guide dog partnership. Once you have completed the learning and development programme, you will join your local team. This is not your normal 9 to 5 role, and no two days are the same, for example one day you may be in planning meetings, another day walking in the wind and rain training dogs, or you could be working with a service user working through challenges.

You will be provided with all the knowledge and skills to understand how Guide Dog partnerships work, however ideally you will also have:

* Practical experience of working with adults and young people, and/or with training animals.
* Previously taught or mentored individuals or groups of people.
* A good understanding of positive training approaches used in development of animal behaviour
* Sound knowledge of the safe practice of working with vulnerable adults and children.

Additionally, you will be empathetic and understanding of individual's needs, as well as demonstrate resilience working in a challenging environment and being flexible to change. It would be great if you have previous experience working with a range of stakeholders, including volunteers, but this is desirable and not essential.

For more details on how to apply for this role, please click on Apply on Website.

Closing Date: Sunday 1st August 2021

Selection Process: The various stages will take place throughout August. Initial stages will be online and further details will be sent if you choose to apply. Final stages will be held on site, at either Atherton, Leamington Spa, Bristol or Forfar.

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 successful in this role, you will be required to complete a disclosure check.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Strategic Lead – Equality Diversity and Inclusion

£40,000

Newark - Option to be home-based with regular attendance at our Newark office

Full time 35 hours per week

Permanent

Would you live to play a lead role in making on of the UK’s best-loved nature charities a consistently inclusive and welcoming to all? Then our client have an exciting opportunity for you. They are looking for an individual who has a proven strategic experience of working within Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at a senior level, and whose EDI expertise, strategic thinking and creative challenge will help them to achieve their vision where everyone can benefit from and act for nature with them.

Who our client are

Our client are a grassroots movement of 870,000 members, 38,000 volunteers and 2,800 staff across the UK. They are at an exciting moment in their 110-year history, with an ambitious new strategy in development setting out a vision of nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive.

The next 10 years will be critical in determining what kind of world they will all live in. Our client need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if they are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. This will require big, bold changes in the way they think and operate, and the development of a strong, collaborative culture.

They’re Wild About Inclusion! To them, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better. It means creating workspaces where difference is celebrated, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature.

About you

You will have had a proven track record of taking a lead in driving forward organisational change around EDI in a complex organisation. Your role will be to evolve and deliver their inclusivity strategy to ensure they’re a consistently inclusive movement, welcome to all. You will offer expertise, guidance, support and challenge across a wide range of diversity and inclusion areas.

Your current knowledge of diversity and inclusivity legislation and emerging areas is important, as well as its application across numerous work areas, not least HR, community engagement and campaigns. You will be a confident communicator and creative in your approach in keeping EDI at the forefront of everyone’s agenda. You will also have knowledge and experience of Inclusion measurement frameworks and knowledge of risk management approaches.

You will be a motivated and resilient self-starter, working closely with the senior leadership team and within the Operations Team. You will directly lead a small team comprising an EDI Advisor/Trainer and an EDI Intern and work across the breadth of the organisation providing support and advice both within the central charity and across the federation of 46 independent charities.

You will be a natural influencer and you will be highly personable and able to build effective stakeholder relationships, internally and externally, at all levels. A genuine passion for leading diversity, equality and inclusion work is a must! A desire to take people on the EDI journey with a critical friend approach, rather than one that is combative.

Our client are particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more Accessible.

Closing date for applications: 15 August 2021

First interview: 2 September 2021

Social Worker -

Young People, Safeguarding & Practice Learning

£36,812 FTE (£29,847 actual based on current 30 hrs – hrs negotiable)

Do you want to join an organisation that employs remarkable people to do a remarkable job?

Are you passionate about supporting others, especially the most disadvantaged and challenging?  Do you want to work for an organisation where 98% of employees say that they are proud of the work that they do?

We are looking for an experienced and qualified social worker to take on a key position in supporting and developing the organisation’s practice and its role in social work education.

You will advise and support management and staff on safeguarding issues involving children and young people. The services in question provide accommodation and/or support to vulnerable young people and the parents of children and young people.  You will also help the organisation to develop the approach to assessing and managing safeguarding risk across the full range of services.

You will lead our Practice Learning Service, coordinating the placement of students referred from Universities, Colleges and other learning providers into the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector. This will involve working closely with placement providers, Universities and Colleges, Practice Educators, Practice Mentor Assessors, Students and local authorities as well as across the range of Framework services.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework, colleagues and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during the first six months in the post, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.