Here at Charity Horizons we are honoured to be supporting Behind Closed Doors in their search for a new Chief Executive to play a significant role in shaping the strategic direction of the organisation moving forwards. The work of this charity provides a lifeline for those affected by domestic abuse and offers salvation in the darkest of times.
With a significant rise in reported cases of abuse due to Covid-19, this role presents a unique opportunity to lead this organisation in its next phase of development, expanding its reach and continuing its work at a time when its services are needed more than ever.
Behind Closed Doors strives to enable people to cope, recover and move on from domestic violence, regardless of gender or sexuality. The charity offers two arms of support services – a team that provides practical support to help those at risk of harm; and a team that provides emotional support to victims of abuse.
This multi-faceted role will involve the leadership of the organisation’s strategic direction, inspiring the team and finding new ways to grow the charity’s support and fundraising base. The role will also require operational leadership of the charity, overseeing the delivery of all services and the effective maintaining of quality standards.
To be considered for this role you must come to us with a demonstrable track record of achieving in a senior strategic leadership role in the voluntary or public sector and experience working within senior leadership or with boards. You must also have significant experience working with external stakeholders to effectively influence change, and experience of forming successful external partnerships. Although previous experience of working within domestic violence would be advantageous, this is not essential to the role; however, it is imperative you have a sound and extensive knowledge and understanding of the cause and effect of domestic violence. Most importantly you should possess strong networking skills and be known for your ability to build excellent relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Influential, clear and charismatic you should be a strong and confident communicator and public speaker with an ability to deliver messages to a variety of audiences while building a sense of passion and engagement.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact either Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons. The role closes on 21st September with interviews scheduled for the week commencing 5th and 12th October.
BCD is committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an organisation we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Please note: Only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and, as such, actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
About the Role:
Yorkshire Children’s Centre (YCC) is a person-centred charity based in Kirklees with a vision of a future where everyone has opportunities for a better life. Since 1974 we have been delivering services across South and West Yorkshire through four themes of activity including Specialist Family Services, Education & Training, Early Intervention & Prevention, and Social Enterprise.
With services ranging from our Independent Inclusion school (Brian Jackson College), Child Contact Interventions, Domestic Abuse Prevention Programmes and Thriving Kirklees partnership through to our Community Connection services and programmes supporting older people and adults at risk; our services enabled us to support over 2400 people last year with diverse needs across our community.
Our mission to improve wellbeing, provide innovative services and support, build relationships, and live our vision is truly underpinned by our values to be Inclusive, Empowering, Caring, Trusted and Approachable which are embedded in everything we do.
YCC is now looking for a new Chief Executive to drive the organisation forward through the next phase of our strategic development.
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for an inspiring, enthusiastic and people focused leader with a proven track record of success in a customer focused environment to enable the charity to thrive in line with our Vision, Mission and Values.
You will motivate and support our committed staff and volunteers to provide the highest quality of services for our service users; ensuring that they are at the heart of everything we do.
You will have extensive experience in designing and implementing strategies and bring experience of driving successful partnerships along with a demonstrable track record of building and retaining strong relationships with other organisations and a broad range of stakeholders.
With strong commercial acumen and financial awareness, you will have a proven ability to drive efficiency and performance, introduce innovative ideas and work with the Leadership Team to pursue potential sources of funding to secure existing and develop new service areas.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the future success of a community centered charity that supports the diverse needs of its community and service users, ensuring that people from birth to older age are provided opportunities for a better life.
YCC is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and applications are actively encouraged from individuals from diverse backgrounds.
For more information and to apply, please visit the job page on Peridot Partners' website via the application method on this site.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 21st September 2020
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Department: Policy Team
Interview date: w/c 28 September
Contract Duration: 12 months
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
We are looking for an outstanding person to lead our Families, Welfare and Work team for 12 months, covering a period of maternity leave.
This is an exciting opportunity to work on the big issues facing people across England and Wales today, joining a team with a track record of achieving change.
We’re an organisation with a relentless focus on making society fairer. Our unique, realtime, data on the problems people across the country are facing, alongside our strong reputation gives us unparalleled influence. We have a unique insight into emerging trends and issues affecting people, and we use it to work with government, regulators and industry to improve people's lives.
You will lead our Families, Welfare and Work team, setting our strategy and guiding the delivery of a programme of crucial research and advocacy work ranging from improving Universal Credit and other financial support, the future of disability benefits or making sure people can access their employment rights. You’ll work closely with colleagues in our data, public affairs, campaigns and media teams to maximise impact for our clients.
You’ll work across policy areas and set ways of working and approaches to ensuring the team are well supported and reach their potential. Our strong brand will give you unique opportunities to engage with those who have the power to make change. You’ll influence MPs and civil servants, regulators and industry bodies, on behalf of the people who rely on us.
This role also plays a key part in our senior leadership team looking at our policy priorities across the directorate and providing critical challenge to peers across the organisation. You’ll be developing cross cutting work to ensure we have maximum impact across the directorate and lead work to continuously improve ways of working and make sure we are a great place to work.
We are looking for people with a wide range of skills, from exceptional judgement and excellent stakeholder management, to the personal authority required to be a leader in a large organisation. Knowledge of Families, Welfare and Work policy areas is not essential but desirable - we’re most interested in your skills and experience, not your subject knowledge.
We are always happy to consider flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.
This is clearly an extraordinary time and a difficult point at which to change jobs - but we are committed to making this as easy as possible for candidates. We will arrange interviews by video-conference and ensure inductions can be done in a way which make the successful candidate feel like a valued part of the organisation.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
LSLCS is a nationally recognised survivor-led organisation. We provide out of hours services to people in acute mental health crisis, who may otherwise end up in psychiatric services, A&E, or other crisis and emergency provision. We have the following services:
- Dial House, open 6pm-2am, Monday, Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, providing a place of sanctuary and one to one support.
- Connect Helpline, currently open 6pm to 2am every night of the year, providing emotional support and information.
- Dial House @Touchstone, open 6pm -12am Tues and Thurs. Crisis support for people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups
- Group Work – includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups and weekly peer support group.
- Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service (with Leeds Mind)
- Leeds Wellbean Cafes (with Touchstone)
- Safe Zone and Teen Connect (with the Market Place)
We wish to recruit someone with personal experience of emotional distress, substantial experience of management within a mental health or other relevant setting and experience of supporting people in crisis, including people at risk of suicide and self harm and people from BAME and LGBT communities.
Excellent support and supervision is provided and the opportunity to join a highly regarded, multi award winning mental health charity, which provides an alternative, non-medical approach to mental distress.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact the Chair of LSLCS, Alison Lowe.
Closing Date: 12 noon, Monday 28th September
Interview Date: Wednesday 7th & Thursday 8th October
To apply for a pack please email us
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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There has never been a more important time to join the Age UK fundraising team. Against a backdrop of a broken social care system and millions already turning to Age UK for help, older people are amongst those hardest hit by the current pandemic. Calls to our trusted Advice Line have doubled and requests for telephone friendship have trebled. We have been moved by the public support for our Coronavirus Emergency Appeal, but we must raise vital future funds to ensure we can be there to help and support older people as they rebuild their lives.
Our Fundraising team has an ambition to grow our income beyond £60M in the next five years. We are investing in an ambitious Fundraising strategy to help us deeply engage more supporters and partners in our work, so that we can be there for the millions of older people who need someone to turn to.
About the role
The corporate partnerships team is riding high on the success of our award-winning partnership with Cadbury and some recent six & seven-figure partnership wins.
We are now seeking an experienced Corporate Partnerships Manager to lead a top-quality, Charity of the Year partnership with a leading building society, aiming to raise at least £1million over the next 32 months. We are looking for a proactive partnership manager to deliver a fantastic partnership for all stakeholders. If successful you would be working 3 days per week from our corporate partners head office in Leeds and 2 days per week from home.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be embedded in a business, giving an experienced partnership manager the chance to use their skills to understand the business and deliver a sector leading partnership.
The role will be office based 3 days per week in Leeds and 2 days per week working from home.
If successful you will
* Create a comprehensive partnership delivery plan including fundraising calendar, communications plan, KPIs and reporting schedule and partnership key messaging.
* Build strong networks within the building society to champion the Age UK partnership.
* Deliver planned partnership activity, events, communication and reporting in a timely and professional fashion, always aiming to exceed expectations and targets.
Experience, skills & knowledge
* You will need solid experience in a similar role or environment, ideally within corporate fundraising.
* You should be a tenacious corporate partnerships fundraiser (or sales or marketing professional) who's great at building relationships, spotting opportunities and running with them.
* You have excellent communication skills, and the ability to write great proposals, lead productive meetings and build strong networks and relationships that champion the Age UK partnership.
* You've got a strong grasp of what it takes to build mutually beneficial, long-lasting, genuinely profitable charity-corporate partnerships.
* You are passionate about making life better for older people. And crucially you can see how corporate partnerships can help Age UK do this.
What we offer in return
* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Who we are
Age UK is the country's largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Read more