Your application answers will be reviewed blind to ensure fairness. Your responses will be randomised and the shortlisting panel will not see any details about you, including your CV. Your CV will only be seen after shortlisting if you have been invited to an interview.

Job Description

The Programmes Director will lead the teams responsible for the effective design and delivery of all the charity’s programmes. Their primary responsibility is ensuring Frontline’s programmes are of excellent quality whilst being delivered in the most joined up and efficient way possible.

We need an ambitious and experienced leader to plan and oversee the delivery our programmes to ensure they have maximum, measurable impact. The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO and Chief Social Worker to manage programmes teams and ensure robust systems are in place which drive and support teams to work in a cohesive way. We need an influential leader, who brings their experience of successful planning and workflow design to our programmes and the wider charity, as a member of the senior leadership team.

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but lack ethnic minority representation at our most senior level. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We will keep applications open until we have satisfactory representation on the shortlist.

• Applications close: 9am, Monday 21st June 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £35,000 – £37,000 p.a. (+ Inner London Weighting, where applicable)
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
• Location: This role is London-based. However, we would consider applicants who would like to be based in our Birmingham office with regular travel to London, or would like to work remotely with regular travel to London (Once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted: home-based until that point).
• Interviews: First interviews between Wednesday 30th June and Friday 2nd July. Timing of second interviews TBC.
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Impact Team
• Reporting to: Impact & Strategy Director

About The Access Project.

We support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access and successfully transition to top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be effective tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works.

About the role.

The Access Project (TAP) is an evidence-based, data driven intervention. Central to our programme are the ways in which we use data to ensure each of our students receives the provision they need, to learn about how we can improve our delivery and to evaluate our impact on our students’ attainment and university prospects. We have developed sophisticated monitoring and evaluation systems bringing together data from a variety of sources to track students’ progress (impact management) as well as ascertain their outcomes (impact evaluation). We collect data on our students’ academic and socio-demographic background, their participation on TAP’s programme and progress on our bespoke university readiness scales, and their academic results and university destinations. We use this data to intervene in real-time when delivery goes off-course but also to understand how TAP activities affect student outcomes and to re-design the programme year-on-year to ensure that it is as impactful as possible for our students.

As part of the Impact Team, the Head of Programme Quality will ensure the quality of TAP’s core programme design and delivery. They will make sure that TAP’s delivery model can achieve its intended outcomes, that programme design is consultative and evidence-based and that the programme team – from frontline staff to management – have all the resources, training, data and systems they need to successfully deliver and improve the programme. As a senior manager, the Head of Programme Quality will lead planning processes, manage people and budgets, and represent TAP externally with senior stakeholders.

Please see below/attached for full job description and person specification

Duties and responsibilities

1) Programme Design

• Accountable for programme design for TAP’s core programme. This includes running an effective, evidence-based and collaborative design process, and ensuring that all key outputs – including delivery materials, training materials and systems changes - are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Ensure that appropriate reactive changes are made to the codified programme inyear if required, and that these are followed through with the necessary documentation, monitoring and support to the delivery team (e.g. delivery and training materials, systems changes, etc).
• Act as a senior contributor to the annual outcomes evaluation. Ensure that the programme design implications are clearly consolidated, documented and followed through to action.
• Continuously improve the annual programme design process. Ensure that TAP has a coherent, structured and codified approach informed by high quality internal and external evidence, including best practice from across the sector.

2) Performance Management & Quality Assurance

• Responsible for the quality of the performance management processes across the programme. This involves working with the Data and Insight Coordinator to prepare and run monthly Programme Review Meetings and annual delivery and outcome reviews, documenting decisions and feeding them back into programme design and quality assurance processes.
• Work with the Head of Programme Development to incorporate pilots into routine Performance Management processes as needed, and to plan for embedding of successful pilots into TAP’s programme and delivery models over time.
• Oversee the implementation of our quality assurance (QA) framework for tuition and university mentoring. Work closely with the Programme and Volunteering teams to ensure that QA is embedded in all aspects of programme design, delivery and performance management. Share learning from QA processes as relevant within the impact team and with other functions, to influence/support future practice.

3) People and budget management

• Line manage and matrix manage Impact Team staff. Ensure that staff are well supported in their day-to-day work and have opportunities to develop in key areas, including their effectiveness as leaders.
• Lead on strategic planning for your areas of work. This includes agreeing priorities with colleagues, making detailed delivery plans, and planning improvement and change.
• Develop budgets in line with your delivery plans and with organisational guidance. Ensure that spend on your budget lines is closely monitored and that action is taken to address any expected over/under-spend.

4) Leadership and external representation

• Act as a leading voice in maintaining and further developing TAP’s impact culture. Ensure that we use varied channels for sharing, recognising and celebrating impact, and that others actively engage in sharing learning with internal and external audiences.
• Contribute meaningfully to mutual sharing of best practice across the sector and to growing the profile and reach of TAP, through networking and seizing opportunities. This includes being alert to new opportunities for TAP and exploring them proactively, in close coordination with colleagues.
• Represent TAP externally with senior stakeholders. This includes putting together and delivering presentations in a variety of contexts; including senior level meetings, at short notice, across a broad range of topics.
• Working with the Impact and Strategy Director, contribute to the development of TAP’s medium and long-term strategy as required.
• Model the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff.

Person specification

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Experience of designing and evaluating social impact programmes.
• Understanding of what effective performance management of social impact programmes looks like in practice.
• Experience of and excellent skills in effective cross-team working. An expert in facilitating meetings and pushing to decision-making and action.
• Experience of managing complex cross-organisational processes, including bringing others along with change.
• Track record of fostering trust-based relationships, having difficult conversations, and sensitively discussing performance issues.
• An experienced line manager who helps their team to deliver and develop, and builds morale and team spirit.
• Sound understanding of the principles of monitoring and evaluation (M&E); experience of developing and delivering against M&E plans, including systems development/adaptation.
• An effective influencer with senior colleagues and senior external stakeholders, including experience of confidently presenting to a variety of audiences.
• Interest in becoming a deep subject matter expert - developing networks, talking with colleagues and researching to keep up-to-date.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the widening participation sector and issues affecting disadvantaged students’ access to and success in higher education.
• Familiarity with academic attainment data.
• Experience of working with Salesforce CRM.

Benefits

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications for all suitably qualified persons. However as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals are currently under-represented within the organisation, which does not reflect our diverse student body, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates. All appointments will be made on merit.

TAP offers:

• A great working environment!
• 25 days annual leave p.a. (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure.
• PerkBox Perks – offering nationwide shopping discounts, gym memberships, holidays, freebies, learning and much more.
• Employee Assistance Programme, a 24 hour helpline for staff
• Online Medical assistance – access 24/7 to a qualified GP within minutes, with referrals and prescriptions available same-day.
• Interest-free travelcard loans
• Cyclescheme loans
• Employer’s pensions contributions (3%)
• CPD options
• TAP welcomes requests for flexible working arrangements

Further information

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Department: Customer Journey

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.

At this time of national crisis, your skills are needed more than ever. Citizens Advice are looking for a senior user researcher to join our mission and help the most vulnerable.

In these unprecedented times, Citizens Advice are at the frontline of helping people to face the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Our digital services are seeing record-breaking demand, with 2.2 million people seeking advice from our website. Our teams are working hard to provide the best advice for people in difficult situations. We’re responding rapidly to people’s changing needs, and helping those who need us most.

Citizens Advice is focused on delivering better services using the best technology and design, all informed by people’s needs. Our team’s mission is to understand people’s problems and provide accessible support to meet their needs through multi-channel products and services.

The Role
We’re looking for an experienced Senior User Researcher to lead our user research strategy and activities across a service or product. You’ll spend your time working with our project teams to deliver new end to end services, as well as championing user centred design across the programme. 

You will be passionate about helping organisations to understand and design for user needs, and working with content designers, service designers and developers to use research insights and ensure user needs are met. 

As a senior user researcher at Citizens Advice, you’ll be passionate about using data and research to help your team design products and services that work across multiple channels, devices, browsers and platforms. You’ll be an active member of the user research team; contributing to high-quality research, managing and mentoring more junior researchers, sharing your skills and learning from others.

You’re comfortable leading user research strategies in a complex environment using a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

We're looking for someone passionate about using research to understand complex problems and ensure we design services that meet the needs of the most vulnerable. Our products will impact people’s everyday lives. It’s an exciting thing to be part of. We need you.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification. If you have a portfolio or examples of work, please include links to them as well. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.

This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.

Senior Philanthropy Specialist

The Royal Osteoporosis Society is the only UK-wide organisation dedicated to finding a cure for osteoporosis and improving the lives of everyone affected by it. We help the nation look after its bones and appreciate the importance of bone health for everybody.

More than three million people in the UK affected by osteoporosis. But unlike other common, chronic conditions, osteoporosis has a low-profile. Only around one in four adults are aware of what the condition means, and it has been discussed significantly less over the last five years than most other chronic conditions. The ROS relies on voluntary income to fund its vital work and donations from Major Donors contribute a significant proportion of this funding.

To support our ambitious growth plans, we are seeking to grow and diversify income from new and existing Major Donors and secure multi-year planned giving.

Reporting to the Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy, the Senior Philanthropy Specialist will be responsible for the creation and implementation of a Major Donor programme, developing new strategic funding sources ensuring relevance, benefits and value to our donors over multi-year planned giving.

In this exciting role, you will be required to connect people, places, passions and philanthropic giving with our cause and in doing so, help donors to feel good about the difference their generosity makes and ensure mutually beneficial long-term gifts are secured.

Our offices are based outside Bath, but we have a very flexible approach and this post can be based remotely, with visits to the office as appropriate in normal circumstances.

To apply, applicants should provide a comprehensive CV, including details of relevant experience and achievements. This should be supplemented by a supporting statement in a cover letter, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet the person specification.

If you are looking to join a fantastic organisation and team where you can really make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

The closing date is midday on Monday 14 June 2021, with assessments taking place on w/c 28 June.

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 (Regional salary weighting may apply)

Ref: 21520

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location:This role will be working across CPA 1 - Central England - Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS) and looking for Employer Account Managers.

Reporting directly to the Regional Employer Manager, the Employer Account Manager WHP-JETS role is responsible for winning, developing and retaining key employer partnerships to support the contractual requirements of the WHP-JETS programme.

You will work in conjunction with Operational teams to provide employer relationship management to drive performance objectives, deliver sales tools, manage accounts, support recruitment initiatives, and drive employment outcomes for participants.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

The ideal candidate must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within one of two geographical areas – Central England and Home Counties and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

For further information and to apply online, please click the Apply on Website button quoting the reference number 21520.

Closing date: 30th June 2021.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Your application answers will be reviewed blind to ensure fairness. Your responses will be randomised and the shortlisting panel will not see any details about you, including your CV. Your CV will only be seen after shortlisting if you have been invited to an interview.

We may close this role early if we receive enough applications, therefore early applications are encouraged. Applicants must have a maximum of two months notice period.

Please note that if you have applied for a similar role at Frontline within the last 3 months your application will not be shortlisted. 

Job Description

The Headline Programme Officer role offers the opportunity to build and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. The Programme Officer will play a leading role in shaping and implementing the delivery of our new leadership programme Headline. You will have responsibility for the quality and consistency of the Headline leader’s experience whilst on the programme. The first prototype will be launching in October 2021, and is the first of its kind in the sector. The participant journey on the Headline programme includes a number of residential leadership modules, workshops, shadowing and extensive executive coaching.

There is a high autonomy culture within the team and organisation, so the role requires someone who is well organised, pro-active and can use their initiative to do what works. The team is small with ambitious targets, so the Officer will need to be flexible and think strategically, at times beyond their role, as the team often work collectively to get the best results. The Officer will need experience in project management and relationship management, implementing programmes and have a confident and inclusive communication style. The successful candidates will work across a varied range of activities so will need to adapt quickly to the demands of the programme and our participants.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Administrator to join a forward- thinking and vibrant regional charity, which delivers broad support to refugees and migrants across the Black Country and Birmingham.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Senior Administrator who is able to:

· Manage and coordinate a busy environment with several sites, in relation to administrative duties.

· Support the CEO, Deputy CEO and other Senior Managers in the preparation and coordination of operational reports for the Management Team.

· Provide high-level admin and PA support to the Senior Management Team (SMT), and the board of trustees.

· Cooperate with the Human Resources Manager, in order to ensure efficient handling of HR-related matters.

· Seek to coordinate the admin roles across teams and branches.

· Be the key contact for overarching, cross-organisational internal communications.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in all aspects of IT and Office Administration. The post holder must be able to plan and prioritise a varied workload, exercising appropriate judgement and responding promptly and appropriately to all enquiries. The post holder will be required to handle information of a confidential nature and must observe the highest standards of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality. They will demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise professionally with Senior Management, staff and external stakeholders.

The post provides an opportunity to develop your people-management skills and be a part of the wider running of the organisation.

Successful candidates will be supported and encouraged to develop and enhance their skills and qualifications. Comprehensive support and mentoring will be provided to the successful applicant, to enable them to meet the expectations of the post.

Principal Tasks

Administration

· To be responsible for the effective and efficient running of administration at RMC, across sites. Travel between the three branches is involved.

· Responsibility for oversight of our premises in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall, including lead responsibility for health & safety, fire safety and all facility management.

Supporting the SMT

· Provide PA support to SMT when required, including writing minutes, letters and emails and arranging meetings.

· Administrative support to SMT, including document creation, proof reading and other ad-hoc administration, as required.

· To provide secretariat for Trustee Board meetings, including arranging meetings and taking minutes.

Working with Human Resources Manager

· Supporting with the provision of a comprehensive human resources service to ensure that we are recruiting the best employees and supporting them to deliver outstanding services.

· Communicating clearly and efficiently with Human Resources Manager to ensure all employment related issues are addressed appropriately.

· Supporting with initiatives to ensure the wellbeing of staff, being mindful of the impacts on them of working with marginalised members of society.

Internal Communications

· Be the key contact for overarching, cross-organisational internal communications.

· Ensure a cohesive approach across sites, which involves producing a monthly staff newsletter, organising regular all staff briefings etc.

· Organise staff team building days.

· Lead on admin for website and social media – to update and upload content provided by SMT and other managers.

Senior Project Officer

The Royal Osteoporosis Society is the only UK-wide organisation dedicated to finding a cure for osteoporosis and improving the lives of everyone affected by it. We help the nation look after its bones and appreciate the importance of bone health for everybody.

More than three million people in the UK affected by osteoporosis. But unlike other common, chronic conditions, osteoporosis has a low-profile. Only around one in four adults are aware of what the condition means, and it has been discussed significantly less over the last five years than most other chronic conditions.

Reporting to the Research Manager this exciting role will primarily support them and the Director of Clinical Services, in delivering the Osteoporosis and Bone Research Academy (The Academy) work programme. You will also support and liaise closely with the Professional Education Lead and Training and Education Manager to deliver on agreed projects and reviews of existing resource, in addition to supporting projects across the Clinical Team.

As the Senior Project Officer, you will draw on project management experience, to ensure the charity has the information, systems and structure in place, to deliver the Academy workplans and will have a proactive approach to continuous improvement initiatives.

We’re looking for someone who can work with great agility, as the areas of focus for the Academy may change in response to organisational needs, so you will be required to work flexibility in order to meet these changing needs.

Our offices are based outside Bath, but we have a very flexible approach and this post can be based remotely, although we would expect a weekly visit to the office in normal circumstances.

To apply, applicants should provide a comprehensive CV, including details of relevant experience and achievements. This should be supplemented by a supporting statement in a cover letter, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet the person specification.

If you are looking to join a fantastic organisation and team where you can really make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

The closing date is midday on Tuesday 15 June.

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

Reall is looking for an exceptional leader, collaborator, and facilitator to join its growing team in the role of Business Performance Manager.

Reporting to the Head of HR, this key role needs an adaptable and organised individual to bring innovation and impact to Reall’s Annual Operating Plan, leading on organisational integration, and working closely and strategically with the Leadership and Executive Teams, as well as with colleagues across the organisation, to raise performance standards and improve the management of business processes.

In addition, this role will also lead on the design and implementation of key strategic internal meetings, events, and away days, manage communication and engagement with colleagues, and drive efficiency across the organisation.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, that are available by clicking the link to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk adverse.  A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Do you have the commitment and positive values to make a difference to the lives of people living in Birmingham, West Midlands?

We are currently recruiting a Project Manager to join the management team at our Birmingham Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub Service.

As Project Manager you will be working alongside the Service Manager; supporting a vibrant programme of recovery and wellbeing support for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. This Hub based service is delivered from Hubs in Yardley and Northfield by a dedicated team of Recovery Navigators and volunteers. The role will require you to work flexibly across both locations.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a vibrant programme of recovery and wellbeing support for people with severe and enduring mental health problems; provided through one-to-one goal planning, personalised interventions, recovery college sessions, peer support and co-produced social groups. This Hub based service is delivered in the community by a dedicated team of Recovery Navigators and volunteers. The Yardley Hub also benefits from our on-site training Café, which will be staffed by an Employment Navigator and team of hard-working volunteers. You will ensure that the Hubs and community sessions offer a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere and that staff are skilled in promoting recovery and positive engagement. You will supervise and support our staff to provide a responsive, safe and person-centred service. You will have direct line management responsibility.

You will ensure that a high quality, outcome focussed service is provided at all times in accordance with the contract specification and service user feedback. You will assist in leading the service so that it is fully integrated with our colleagues at Birmingham Mind and with local IPS/Employment Specialists. As a Project Manager, you will work in partnership with stakeholders and community resources to maximise referrals, access and service utilisation.

You will work across the Service to ensure that referrals and assessments are managed within appropriate timeframes to promote positive engagement in the service. Ensuring that recovery plans and risk assessments are reviewed in a timely manner, guaranteeing effective caseload management systems operate across the service. Working with the Service Manager, you will ensure that individuals are enabled to make progress in their personal recovery journey and to attain goals relating to their mental health/wellbeing, quality of life and community connections.

Key responsibilities would be:

• Management and Co-ordination of the day-to-day running of the Yardley Hub
• Leading the development and delivery of a vibrant and engaging recovery programme
• Ensuring pro-active referral allocation and caseload management
• Recruitment, Supervision and Support of staff.
• Marketing and positively promoting the service to external stakeholders and community resources.
• Supporting the Service Manager with contract compliance, data collection and achievement of all outputs, outcomes and KPIs.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,

• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,

• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,

• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour’s teams.

The Evidence and Evaluation Manager will work in a small, focussed team responsible for commissioning high quality, robust evaluations of Youth Futures Foundation-funded projects and collecting high quality evidence of what works to support young people into good jobs.

The Evidence and Evaluation Manager will support all aspects of Youth Futures evaluations, from design to dissemination. This will include: working closely with Youth Futures’ grants teams to ensure grant-funded programmes are supported within the set-up phase; supporting grantees through their evaluation journey and ensuring that all evaluation and evidence outputs are consistently high quality and make clear, practical and impactful recommendations for practice and policy.

Description of Service

Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell is a dynamic and expanding charity that provides a range of services and programmes for people aged 50 and over. We are seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic and engaging individual to join our organisation to support our expanding services in line with our organisational strategy.

Job Purpose

Volunteers are at the heart of the services we provide to older people and the core purpose of this role is to lead and co-ordinate the delivery of Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s volunteer engagement strategy. This will include recruitment, development and retention of volunteers to ensure that there is a pool of reliable and experienced volunteers to support the activities of the charity. You will also design and implement evaluation systems to demonstrate the impact of the volunteer programme.

Principal Duties:

• To recruit and retain volunteers in accordance with the needs of the charity in line with the agreed business plan.

• To manage the overall provision of training for all volunteers and work alongside colleagues to review and agree the content and ensure that all statutory and mandatory training is given and recorded.

• To ensure that all new volunteers are on boarded correctly and receive an agreed induction in line with current health and safety and safeguarding legislation and which ensures they are well-prepared to undertake all aspects of their volunteering role.

• To work with other Managers and where appropriate make decisions, to ensure that volunteers are appropriately placed within Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s programmes, according to their skill sets and interests.

• To ensure that mechanisms/processes are in place so all volunteers have the opportunity of a voice within Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell and that their wellbeing needs are met at all times as is reasonably possible in line with Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s ethos.

• To further develop, protect and uphold Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s credibility and reputation for offering an exceptional volunteering experience.

• To work with the Head of Operations to develop new volunteering initiatives with a view to fulfilling Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s long term strategic plans.

• To work with Service Managers to promote, successfully facilitate and evaluate existing volunteer programmes and proactively look to develop new ones in line with suitably researched and recognised need.

• To liaise with all managers to define roles and put together role descriptions for new volunteers.

• To advertise both internally and externally the required volunteer job roles and complete all necessary checks, initial inductions, and other relevant recruitment and selection matters, before handing volunteers over to Service Managers.

• To update the volunteer handbook and complete all processes for producing and updating all volunteer materials, policies and procedures

• To work with Managers to review and agree the process for on boarding and training volunteers, depending on their roles and the needs of the charity

• To liaise with the Communications Manager to ensure all existing volunteers are kept well informed of all Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell news, activities, training opportunities and necessary updates.

• To manage the process of providing accurate and up to date records for all volunteers to ensure that internal and external reporting requirements are met.

• To design and implement surveys and evaluations to build a database of information/outcomes, for inclusion in grant applications, reporting and to enable the Senior Management Team to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s recruitment, on-boarding, training processes and how the charity can ensure it continues to recruit and retain happy and appropriately skilled volunteers.

• To organise volunteer events.

• To attend and participate actively in all Management Team Meetings, and compile all necessary reports as and when required.

Legal requirements:

• Enhanced DBS check

• Driving licence

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted.

Please visit our website for a full person specification and to apply.

The deadline for applications is the 14th June.  Interviews on 23rd and 24th June 2021

Fixed term contract until 30th June 2022 (with possibility of extension)

Sporting Equals is a national charity seeking an experienced Research Manager to manage the organisations research function.

As our ideal candidate, you will be passionate about research into local communities, experienced in delivering research projects, monitoring and evaluation frameworks and able to write detailed reports.

You must have several years of research experience at a similar level and be able to present research to a variety of audiences.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays (pro rata), a contributory pension scheme and employee welfare schemes.

Diversity is at the core of our organisation. We believe in inclusion by supporting and empowering our staff and aim to create an equal and inclusive workspace for all.

To find out more about us and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.

Closing date: Midday on Monday 14th June 2021

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to get people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great?

As individuals, we have a somewhat eclectic mix of skills, passions and idiosyncrasies…but it works. Probably because we all have one thing in common: we believe we’re onto something really special.

The role

The Project Manager (COP26) will co-ordinate The Vegan Society’s activities during the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1–12 November 2021. They will also support other campaigns and policy activities in the run up to the conference, such as our presence at party conferences. This is a temporary, full time position until the end of 2021.

The Vegan Society plans to draw attention to the links between diet and the climate crisis to both policy makers and the general public in the run up and during COP26. We are seeking a highly experienced, creative project manager with strong event management skills and a keen interest in environmental issues to bring our ideas to fruition.

We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible – ideally by the end of July.

As Project Manager you will:

• Organise logistics for a public events programme, to include fringe entertainment events and campaign exhibition stand/s.
• Support Campaigns & Policy Officer with logistics for policy events, to include debate/s, round table meeting/s, exhibition stand.
• Liaise with event agency regarding city centre activation – staffing and content.
• In conjunction with Campaigns Manager, liaise with design agency on event brand, event design, assets, literature, giveaways.
• Liaise with venues to confirm requirements.
• Target specific audiences for each event, research and build guest lists, set up booking system for public events.
• Produce and deliver marketing plan and liaise with TVS internal teams and external agencies regarding out of home advertising, social media, press releases and filming.
• Explore other opportunities to share key messages to both public and policy makers during the conference.
• On the day event management throughout.

Partnerships 

• Source and approach partners for content, in-kind, and/or promotional support.
• Provide support for fundraising initiatives to help finance our COP26 activities.
• Liaise with partners, organising update meetings and incorporating suggestions where possible.
• Ensuring terms of contracts are met.

Logistics / administration 

• Produce and manage overall COP project plan.
• Liaise with Campaigns & Policy Officer to provide event support for policy activities.
• Produce staffing plan and brief staff and volunteers.
• Oversee accommodation and travel bookings.
• Budget monitoring and reporting.
• KPI monitoring and evaluation.
• Liaison with TVS team and other stakeholders.

Other Duties

• Given the uncertainty of COP26 we may require the Project Manager to undertake other activities in lieu of those outlined above. This may include organising online events or project managing smaller projects.
• Provide absence cover for CPR colleagues.
• Please note the post holder is likely to be required to be in Glasgow for the duration of COP26, 1–12 November, and for various meetings in advance of the conference.

To be considered as our Project Manager you will need:

• Demonstrable project management skills with 3+ years of experience in a similar role.

• Proven ability to formulate project plans.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide variety of external people.
• Calmness under pressure, able to manage multiple projects and an excellent problem solver.
• Professional and responsible approach with a confident and friendly manner.
• Efficient, organised, reliable and effective.
• Willingness and ability to undertake appropriate training and development as required.
• Flexible to travel within the UK with advance agreement.

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team.
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Childcare vouchers scheme.
• Animal companion compassionate leave.
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution).
• Death in service benefit.
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days) – pro rata’d.
• Central Birmingham office location.
• Salary and hours.

Additional information

This is full time (37.5 hours per week) temporary role with a salary of £28,672–£32,234 per annum.

The application deadline is 9am Friday 18th June 2021.

Interviews will be held 29 June 2021 – 02 July 2021.

Please note: You must be able to be in Glasgow for the duration of the COP26 conference, and be able to get to our office in Birmingham if required.