Training Coordinator

37.5 hours per week

£19,985 to £26,297

Permanent

Bristol (home during Covid Pandemic) with occasional travel across UK

SafeLives’ Training team develops the knowledge and skills of professionals responding to victims and survivors of domestic abuse, whether adults, young people or children.

Our training programme across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aims to create:
• user value: with learners who attend our training feeling more confident and better equipped to fulfil their role
• social value: with measures showing professionals who attend our training provide more effective interventions for those who experience abuse
• financial value: responsible for generating around a third of SafeLives’ annual income

The programme includes sector leading accredited training:

Foundation and Specialist courses: for independent domestic violence advisors (Idvas) and independent domestic abuse advocates in Scotland (Idaas), independent sexual violence advisors (Isvas), domestic violence and abuse outreach workers, and other frontline workers who come into contact with people experiencing domestic abuse.

SafeLives also delivers Domestic Abuse Matters (DA Matters), a change programme for police officers and staff which we deliver on behalf of the national College of Policing.

SafeLives is very proud of its reputation for high quality training programmes, and your role in maintaining our standards and delivering for learners will be vital. As a Training Coordinator for SafeLives, you will provide effective and efficient co-ordination of resources and support for the Training team and the learners across all SafeLives’ training programmes.

Benefits include a generous package including 25 days’ holiday per year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Title: Finance and Operations Manager
Location: Primarily remote for the first year, then based in London 
Reports to: Executive Director
Salary: GBP £36,000 - £46,000
Applications Close: 2 April 2021; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Start date: position is available immediately

Summary:

We are seeking a full-time London-based Manager to work alongside the Founder and Executive Director to provide a comprehensive finance driven operations system. The role will include organizational operations, human resources, financial due diligence, donor reporting, budget management, audit management and resources allocation. The appointed manager will need to have good overall financial skills including knowledge of building of a finance system thus enabling the operations of the organization to function effectively.

About All Survivors Project:

All Survivors Project (ASP) is an independent, international organisation that conducts research and advocacy and facilitates inter-disciplinary dialogue and learning to improve global responses for every victim/survivor of sexual violence including men and boys in situations of armed conflict and forced displacement. Through our work with governmental and non-governmental stakeholders and with male survivors of sexual violence, we seek to ensure that conflict-related sexual violence is prevented and that the rights of all victims/survivors, including men and boys, are fulfilled, and the dignity of all survivors is respected and protected.  All Survivors Project has a team of full-time and part-time staff members in the UK and Europe.

About the position:

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance and Operations Manager will support a growing organization to plan for its future and meet its current commitments. The post holder will ensure adherence to financial policies and procedures including donor regulations and guidelines, and governmental compliance.

The Finance and Operations Manager will be the focal point for overall financial management and planning, including budgeting, donor proposal development, cash flow management, donor reporting, audits and internal capacity building. The Finance and Operations Manager will need to develop and build systems in the overall financial management of the organization. Whilst the Finance and Operations Manager will be the sole finance person to begin with, it is envisaged that a bookkeeper will be appointed to support the inputting requirements once systems are properly established.

The Finance and Operations Manager will also be the focal point for overall operations management, including legal compliance, managing and updating organizational policies, supporting ASP on human resources, internal communications, and documenting institutional memory. The role will also provide support to a growing team for daily operations.

Core Responsibilities:

The post holder will be expected to comply with all ASP policies and procedures. ASP has clear commitments to safeguarding all those it is in contact with, directly or indirectly, and the postholder will be required to work within ASP’s Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. Pre-employment recruitment checks will reflect these safeguarding commitments.

Our client is a pioneering personal safety charity, specialising in providing advice, support and guidance to people who are currently experiencing or who have previously been affected by harassment and stalking. They are now looking to recruit a Senior Advocate, providing the highest quality support service for victims of stalking.

As our client's new Senior Stalking Advocate, you will work as part of a close-knit team to provide expert advice and advocacy to victims of stalking, both over the phone via telephone and face to face. You will provide casework support and advocacy to victims of stalking, liaising with both voluntary and statutory services to ensure positive outcomes for all victims. You will deliver robust risk assessment and safety planning for all service users, keeping and maintaining accurate and confidential records of all work undertaken.

To apply for this role you must have significant experience of working with people affected by gender-based violence, including risk assessment and safety planning. You will have a thorough knowledge of the criminal and civil justice system, housing, welfare and policy relating to stalking and other forms of gender-based violence. You will have experience of managing your own caseload and working upon pressure, and will be an exceptional communicator. You will have strong crisis management skills, and will have experience of multi-agency partnership working.

Please initially apply with a Word-formatted version of your CV - applications will be considered on a rolling basis and the advert will close once a suitable candidate is identified. Please only apply if you are available immediately.

Please note this initially a temporary role until April 2021 (possibility of extension). Due to the implications of Covid-19, this role will be home-based for the foreseeable, however the physical location of the office is in Stockwell.

Survivors Network are pleased to be recruiting an ISVA to our thriving team. The ISVA service provides advocacy and support to survivors of sexual violence and abuse linked to the criminal justice process.

As a skilled case worker, you will have significant experience in working with vulnerable or traumatised people, a commitment to working in a client-centred way and a good understanding of self-care.

This post is arising from a new contract which involves expansion to a new service delivery area. The role will involve working across Sussex (and travel across Sussex) with a focus on West Sussex. The post holder will be home based initially but at offices in West Sussex in the future.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is open to self-identifying women applicants only, as being a woman is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 pt 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Victim Support is looking for a Children and Young People (CYP) DA practitioner based in Stoke-on-Trent, on a fixed term until the end of September 2021.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

New Era is the holistic Domestic Abuse service operating across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, offering free and confidential support for victims, perpetrators and their families affected by domestic abuse. This is a fixed term contract until the end of September 2021. The main purpose of the Children and Young People (CYP) DA practitioner is to deliver a specialist service to all young victims affected by Domestic Abuse across Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include delivering support to young victims of crime, using appropriate service guidance and policy framework, both on a 1:1 basis and through the delivery of small group work sessions. Our Children and Young People (CYP) DA Practitioner will develop and deliver innovative interventions to address the needs of children and young people, involving them in service design, delivery and evaluation. The role will also require you to develop good working relationships with partner agencies.

Our Children and Young People (CYP) DA Practitioner must have in depth knowledge, understanding and awareness of the current issues for children and young people experiencing crime, domestic abuse and relationship abuse. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successfully delivering services for children and young people and successful youth engagement in a comparable role within a service-driven organisation, including knowledge of safeguarding issues relating to young people.

This post will be based in our Stoke Office, although may begin by working from home. Whilst you will primarily cover this area, there will be an expectation for you to be mobile, willing and able to support the delivery of service across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (A). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage. We also particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from LGBT+ Communities.

Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA) are looking for a Domestic Abuse Court Coordinator to support the Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts (SDAC) coordinated by STADA and the wider Criminal and Civil Justice work at STADA, including the national Mentor Court Project.

STADA coordinates the ground-breaking Coordinated Community Response to domestic abuse in West London and the SDACs are part of a multi-agency partnership approach to domestic abuse in the Criminal Justice System. 

The position will require you to work closely with our Criminal Justice Programme Managers, Project Officer and other members of the team and our partner agencies including Police, CPS, HMCTS and domestic abuse support agencies.

A working understanding of the Criminal Justice System and how cases of domestic abuse progress through the system, including the key measures available to protect victims and hold defendants to account is essential for this post.

You will need to be highly organised with strong written and verbal presentation skills, including an ability to produce project resources, reports and briefing papers.  The position requires highly proficient I.T skills in Word, Excel and database recording systems as well as experience of coordinating and facilitating meetings and events.

Work Location: 

 A combination of:

· Remote working

· STADA office at Hammersmith

· Westminster Magistrates Court

· Area West Met Police Public Protection Unit (as required)

We welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.

An exciting opportunity to become the first Head of Fundraising and Development of ALQST for Human Rights, an award-winning independent NGO established in 2014 that works to defend and promote human rights in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. We conduct on-the-ground research, engage in international advocacy, and campaign on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. 

Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with our small and dynamic team, you will be responsible for initiating and leading our fundraising strategy in order to maximise donor engagement and funding opportunities. 

We are seeking to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Development who will raise income from trusts and foundations, diversifying our portfolio of institutional support and enhancing our financial resources. 

You will manage a portfolio of trust and foundations relationships and will develop strong partnerships with funders, working collaboratively across the organisation to develop proposals for new projects and core support, playing a key role at an exciting time of growth for the organisation.

HOUSING NAVIGATOR, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PREVENTION AND RESETTLEMENT SERVICE, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, FRWK09 £21,866 - £23,714, 12-MONTH TEMPORARY (WITH POSSIBILITY TO BE EXTENDED)

The post will provide an intensive service in Nottinghamshire County to support complex, high risk and/or chaotic service users in securing and maintaining accommodation.

This cohort of service users are at risk of rough sleeping, and any risk to the public and victims is increased as individuals are at greater risk of offending whilst their lifestyle remains chaotic.

The post will support complex and/or high risk of harm, service users, who are at risk of rough sleeping. Work will begin in custody and will follow the individual into the community to help obtain accommodation, provide life skills and budgeting support and help the individual sustain a tenancy.

The post requires a driver with access to own car and full driving license.

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.

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

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

As a member of the fundraising leadership team, this role will lead on the strategic development and management of the Individual Giving team. Responsible for delivering the individual giving programme, this role will drive significant growth in new supporters as well as developing stewardship for existing supporters ensuring that agreed KPIs and budgets are met. Integral to the success of this role is partnership working with external and internal teams. In addition, this role will work closely with the Head of Supporter Fundraising to develop the strategy, plans, budgets, KPIs in order to deliver an integrated multi-channel programme of fundraising campaigns and activities.

It is essential to the development of Refuge's service delivery that the post holder is able to respond fexibly to changes in the requirements of this post. This job description is therefore a guide and not an exhuastive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 21st March 2021

Interview Date: 30th March 2021

This is a permanent and full time role with 37.5 hours per week.

An basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

The Supporter Care Manager is a key post, with responsibility for providing the highest possible care and stewardship to our supporters (80k+); ensuring they feel valued, inspired and continue to support us. As well as supporting the fundraising team with stewardship and supporter queries, this role will also have responsibility for agreed gift administration processes and reconciliation. This role will work closely with the CRM and Insight team to maintain the accuracy and integrity of new and existing data on the fundraising database (Raiser’s Edge).

It is essential to the development of Refuge's service delivery that the post holder is able to respond fexibly to changes in the requirements of this post. This job description is therefore a guide and not an exhuastive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 14th March 2021

Interview Date: 25th March 2021

This is a permanent and full time role with 37.5 hours per week.

An basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Looking for a new challenge?

Do you believe that all women, children and families deserve the very best opportunity to achieve their dreams and aspirations? Are you passionate about playing a part in helping people to achieve their goals and reach their potential? Are you creative, dynamic and can think outside the box? Then you may just be the person that we have been searching for!

YWCA Yorkshire is looking for a very special individual who can contribute towards the outstanding service delivery at our Doncaster Service (Green Gables). Green Gables is our Supported Housing and Tenancy Support Service that provides support to young women with children, and families across the Doncaster area. The right candidate will have the skills to provide professional support to clients within a dedicated team but will also have the enthusiasm and creativity to support our commercial enterprises and fundraising initiatives.

The person that we are looking for will be resilient, highly practical and able to form positive relationships with staff, volunteers and clients. You will have a “can do” attitude and thrive in a high challenge environment. You will be persistent and committed to ensuring that clients and volunteers are supported, and able to meet their potential.

In return, we offer a competitive remuneration package within an organisation that has a strong commitment to staff training and personal development and a proven track record in, and commitment to, employee wellbeing. You will be valued for the work that you do, involved in the decisions that we make as an organisation and form part of a dedicated team of people who will support and encourage you to achieve your own goals and aspirations.
Interested?

The opportunity:
Project Worker - Doncaster (Ref: PW/GG/2021)
Salary £21734 - £23945 (pro-rata)

A permanent, part-time role, 25 hours per week, supporting vulnerable young women with children, and families within a supported housing setting and also within their own tenancies. The hours will be worked over 3 days per week on a rota which will include some Saturdays. A copy of the rota is provided with the application pack.

All applications should be submitted on a YWCA application form. 

Closing date for applications is: Friday 5th March 2021 at 12.00pm

Interviews will take place on: Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd March 2021

YWCA Yorkshire is an equal opportunities employer as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and as such, welcomes applications from all of the diverse sections of the community.

YWCA Yorkshire is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and will require full Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks as part of our recruitment process. A copy of our safeguarding policy will be provided with the application pack.