We are a social mobility movement committed to ensuring that every young person experiences educational equity.

As an award-winning, fast-growing charity our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic tutoring programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and on high level apprenticeships.

Having turned seven years old in February 2021, we’re at an exciting stage of growth and have ambitious plans to scale our impact and reach. This coming academic year, we are supporting over 2500 pupils. Currently working across London, the South East, the West Midlands and the South , we are looking to thoughtfully scale our academic programmes into hard-to-reach deprivation areas; develop a primary strand to our work; and increase the impact of our programmes.

The West Midlands has been one of our key emerging hubs. Since 2016, we have developed partnerships and relationships across the region with schools, universities and collaborators. We are now looking for a leader to realise the region’s full potential.

We need an outgoing self-starter to drive our work in the West Midlands forward, making it a sustainable hub that delivers real social impact. As the public face of the organisation, you will be responsible for partnership development, profile raising and managing our programmes from volunteer recruitment all the way through to evaluation. This is an in at the deep end role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence in decision making.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Growing the West Midlands as a sustainable CoachBright region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Generating income outside of school programmes
• Growing a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Delivering recruitment strategy for West Midlands programmes to meet termly targets
• Training volunteers in coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school programmes across the West Midlands:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback following sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality. Programmes to include a mixture of Core Programme: University student volunteers coach pupils in Yr 9-13 and Peer to Peer Programme: Year 12 pupils coach pupils in Yr 7-10.

Programme Design and Delivery

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school and virtual workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Managing partnerships with West Midlands universities:

• Maintaining regular contact with relevant staff members in outreach and or/volunteering teams at each university
• Managing room bookings for events at university campuses

Line managing a team of Programme Officers and Head Coaches:

• Managing a team of up to 6 full-time programme officers
• Delivering training for Head Coaches in the West Midlands
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, serving the team, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love communicating and delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (business leaders, senior members of MATs, universities etc.)
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation as a facilitator.
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends
• Full clean driving licence: the role will involve substantial travel across the region visiting our partners.

Desirable knowledge/experience:

• 2-3 years frontline experience working in a school or social sector for example as a teacher or workshop facilitator.
• Experience recruiting volunteers.
• Experience of working in a small team and working independently.
• Experience measuring and evaluating the impact of youth-based programmes.
• Experience of sales in an education context.
• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or coaching.
• Knowledge of UK university sector, including knowledge of the UCAS process.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £28-30k per annum
• Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: initially working from home. Longer term to be based between our West Midlands Office (Birmingham City University) and partner schools with travel to other regions.
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development. Opportunities include being matched with a mentor in the social sector and becoming an accredited Executive Coach

Key Information:

• Length: 12 months (with likely extension dependent on performance and funding)
• Hours: Full Time
• Reporting to: National Programme Manager
• Responsible for: Region and its programmes
• Start Date: June-August 2021 (flexible for the right candidate).

TO APPLY:

Please email your CV and a cover letter of no more than 350 words to Robin by no later than Friday 4th June, 12pm.

Please note: We will be interviewing successful candidates on a rolling basis, so may close the post at any time. Early application is therefore highly encouraged. 

Job title: Assistant Visitor Services Manager

Directorate: National Memorial Arboretum

Contract: Permanent. Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £23,800 to £25,500 gross per annum

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About the National Memorial Arboretum

The Arboretum is the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance and part of The Royal British Legion.  We are the Nation’s centre of Remembrance, freely open to all. Our 150-acre landscape is home to over 25,000 trees, punctuated by 400 memorials that recognise the service and sacrifice made by the Armed Forces, emergency services and civilian organisations to our country.

The Arboretum in one of the UK’s leading visitor attractions and we welcome over 300,000 people through our doors each year.  They come to explore our site, learn more about the fascinating stories behind our memorials, spend time in our woodlands, and to attend some of the 250+ events that take place each year.

The Arboretum is an award-winning destination, including the 2018 Visit England Awards for Excellence: Large Visitor Attraction of the Year (Gold).

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• The ability to deliver world-class customer service.
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to inspire others.
• Able to work with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Possessing the flexibility to excel in a fast-paced visitor attraction.
• Eager to come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop.

If so, then we would like you hear from you ….

The Role

We are looking for an experienced individual to become a key member of our Visitor Services team, where you will help us to provides excellent customer service.  You will support the Visitor Services & Retail Manager to plan and deliver a range of strategic initiatives to create a world-class inspirational setting that is freely open to all.  To manage the daily operations of the Visitor Services team to deliver exceptional experiences and to achieve income against agreed targets.  To ensure that all visitor service operations are carried out in accordance with the Arboretum’s health and safety, wellbeing, and security protocols.

You will have experience of customer facing roles within a leisure environment or visitor attraction, you will have the ability to supervise staff and volunteers.  You will have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, together with organisation and planning experience.

This role requires weekend and bank holiday working on a regular basis and some evening work to support Arboretum events.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’.

Closing date for this role is Monday 3rd May 2021.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

Admin Assistant

We are looking for an experienced Admin Assistant to support the Central Finance and HR teams.

Position: Administration Assistant (HR & Finance)

Location: Head Office in Dudley

Salary: Starting salary £18,426 (dependant on experience)

Hours: 35 hours

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 28 days’ annual leave, 6% pension contribution, flexible and remote working opportunities, occupational sick pay, eye care vouchers.

Closing Date: 26th April

The Role

The Finance and HR Admin Assistant is responsible for ensuring that all invoices are paid on time and all members of staff are paid correctly, within agreed timescales and ensuring paperwork for new staff is completed and processed in an accurate and timely manner. This role would also require the candidate to assist with HR administration tasks including DBS checks.

Main duties include:

• Enter invoices due for payment into the Charity's Online Banking system
• Ensuring the charity’s Accounts Payable system is maintained
• To assist in maintaining the charity’s Nominal Ledger accounting system
• Reconciliation of monthly Petty Cash spreadsheet(s) and producing monthly imprest claims
• Ensuring all relevant forms are filled in by new starters
• Assist Finance Manager with payroll administration
• Collect holiday and sickness/absence data from HR system
• Collect expenses claims and refer to relevant Line Manager for approval
• Adding new employees details to HR system
• Assisting HR Department with administration duties; offer letters, issuing contracts of employment
• Keeping record of staff files and updating them as required
• Managing the DBS process.
• Checking and maintaining supply of stock of stationery and other items

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated, professional Admin Assistant, with a great approach and interpersonal skills. You will be a confident communicator with a willingness to learn and support the team.

You will have:

• Experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of payroll and using accounting system
• Knowledge of Microsoft Packages with intermediate Excel skills
• Good knowledge and accounting experience of raising invoices, payroll
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to engage and communicate confidently via phone, email, and in person
• The ability to manage a varied workload

This post requires a basic DBS check obtained through Gordon Moody.

About the Organisation

This registered charity has nearly 50 years’ experience in providing residential support and treatment for people who are severely addicted to gambling. They provide advice, education and high quality innovative therapeutic support to problem gamblers and those affected by gambling, through residential, online and outreach services.

The charity is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in its workforce.

You may have experience in areas such as Administration, Admin, Administrator, Admin Assistant, Administration Assistant, HR Assistant, HR Admin Assistant, Finance Assistant, Finance Admin Assistant, HR and Finance Assistant, Human Resources Assistant, HR, Human Resources, Invoice Assistant, Invoice, Accounts Payable, Accounts Payable Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Purchase Ledger, Purchase Ledger Assistant, Payroll, Payroll Assistant.

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Vacancy Reference Number:

AA/FS/N-UK-2-R3

Position title:

Accounts Assistant

Reports to:

Finance Analyst

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

& Remotely, until further notice.

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

(Up to) £19,000.00 (pro Rata, commensurate with experience)

Terms of Employment:

[Extendable] 3-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 2-weeks’ Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up-to-date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 26th March 2021

Note: 

• Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Skype Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your Skype ID in your application.
• Deadline for applications is 26th March 2021 however we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate be found. 

Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2020.

Main Responsibilities:

To work closely with the Accounts Manager ensuring that all departmental targets and expectations are met in timely manner.

• To process donations according to their intended methods; Cheques, Postal Orders, Cash, Online and electronic donations.
• To process and issue receipts to donors in a transparent and efficient manner.
• To process and issue certificates to donors wishing to make ‘Great Charity Gifts’ ensuring the recipients names and plaque details correspond.
• Undertake banking activities to ensure objectives are met on a daily basis.
• To manage and balance daily funds (inwards).
• Deal with donor queries and requests
• To remediate inaccurate donations.
• To liaise and make payments to service providers on behalf of Muslim Hands.
• To process internal requisitions for funds to be allocated overseas.
• To process the release of funds to overseas offices ensuring this is achieved in a timely fashion.
• To administer and process overseas regular donors’ payments.
• Support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time
• Undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by line manager
• To adhere to all Muslim Hands Policy

• Providing support with maintaining and monitoring of Departmental Budgets.
• Providing support with the management of all Invoices Raised, Ledgers and Expenses. 
• Providing support with the reconciliation of all Accounts.
• Providing support with Processing Sales Invoices, Receipts and Payments.
• Checking company bank statements
• Preparing cash flow statements
• Dealing with financial paperwork and filing
• Dealing with Accounts related queries, concerns and comments from external agencies, donors and organisations in an efficient and effective manner.
• Demonstrating Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct

Essential for Successful Candidate:

a. Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR

b. Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.

• Able to demonstrate working knowledge within an Accounting and / or Finance role/ or supporting an Accounts Function
• Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
• Must be able to work as part of a team and individually demonstrating responsibility and self-initiative
• Familiarity with basic Accounting Software, Microsoft Office and online meeting platforms

Desirable:

• Working towards or qualified at AAT Level 3 (minimum), Graduate OR Part ACCA Qualified

• Possess working knowledge within an Accounting and / or Finance role within the Charity sector.

This role would suit someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment and who enjoys facing challenges; often working to tight deadlines.

This is a very rewarding position for the right person. If you feel this is you, then please send your CV with a cover letter explaining why you feel you are suitable quoting the above reference number!!

NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

Job title: Assistant Retail Manager

Directorate: National Memorial Arboretum

Contract: Permanent. Part-Time, 26 Hours per Week

Salary: Circa £15,600 (£21,000 FTE)

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About the National Memorial Arboretum

The Arboretum is the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance and part of The Royal British Legion.  We are the Nation’s centre of Remembrance, freely open to all. Our 150-acre landscape is home to over 25,000 trees, punctuated by 400 memorials that recognise the service and sacrifice made by the Armed Forces, emergency services and civilian organisations to our country.

The Arboretum in one of the UK’s leading visitor attractions and we welcome over 300,000 people through our doors each year.  They come to explore our site, learn more about the fascinating stories behind our memorials, spend time in our woodlands, and to attend some of the 250+ events that take place each year.

The Arboretum is an award-winning destination, including The Greats Gift Retailer Awards, Best Museum or Visitor Attraction Gift Shop (2019)

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• The ability to deliver world-class customer service.
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to inspire others.
• Able to work independently to agreed objectives and timescales.
• Possessing the flexibility to excel in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Eager to come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop.

If so, then we would like you hear from you ….

The Role

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our Retail team, where you will work across all areas of our activity including customer service, presentation, performance, and stock management.  You will manage the stock levels, stock reporting and purchase order management as set out by the Visitor Services & Retail Manager. You will manage the rota in line with a set budget to make sure that there is always suitable cover to respond to customer requirements.

You will have experience of customer facing roles within a retail environment or visitor attraction, you will have the ability to supervise staff and volunteers.  You will have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, together with organisation and planning experience.

This role requires weekend and bank holiday working on a regular basis and some evening work to support Arboretum events.

How to Apply

Please apply by logging into ESS and clicking web recruitment job search.

Closing date for this role is Monday 3rd May 2021.

BVSC has an exciting opportunity available for a Strategic Partnership Manager to join the team based in Birmingham. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive starting salary of £35,444 per annum.

Birmingham City Council and BVSC have formed a strategic partnership that will improve the opportunities for developing joined-up approaches to work between the local authority and civil society. The programme will drive change through a new integrated programme of strategic engagement and sector support that will be led by BVSC.

BVSC is a committed, values-based employer. Our company culture is based on making a positive difference through passion and innovation, with a real focus on connecting people through a collaborative approach. We are passionately about inclusivity and value our integrity in everything we do to make a difference.

We are looking for candidates that demonstrate the following BVSC organisational values:

COMMITMENT: Making a positive difference through passion, innovation and social action.
COLLABORATION: Connecting people and organisations to work together to improve lives.
INCLUSION: Empowering and involving everyone in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham.
INTEGRITY: Building trust through delivering excellent outcomes.

The Strategic Partnership Manager role:

As Strategic Partnership Manager you will play a key role in delivering the vision of the Birmingham City Council and BVSC strategic partnership. You will be developing opportunities through a joined-up approach between the local authority and civil society.

The work you do will be citizen-focused, improving services and outcomes for the people of Birmingham. You will be supporting and improving public and voluntary collaboration in order to deliver excellent services.

As Strategic Partnership Manager you will be supporting the implementation of focused sector support and development, targeting support on the organisations and in the communities where it is most needed. This will focus on rebuilding civic pride, community capability, resilience, and cohesion, Sector skills, fundraising and strategic investment.

Key responsibilities of our Strategic Partnership Manager:

• Lead BVSCs work to establish a new VCS forum for Birmingham called ‘Engage for Good’
• Facilitate and co-ordinate the new forum, convening meetings, enabling self-directed meetings/events, organising hosting (venue, facilities)
• Support the development of categorised databases offering access to designated senior staff/leaders
• Working with members of the Engage for Good forum to support capacity-building activity that responds to identified priority needs and issues
• Working with partners to develop a new programme of place/locality-based infrastructure support especially for smaller and grassroots organisations
• Implement a programme of community capacity-building that offers targeted assistance to grassroots groups specifically involved in activities that promote community cohesion, resilience, and engagement
• Implement a programme of higher-level consultancy support for established VCOs offering specialised and more complex support specifically regarding innovation, crisis, service improvement, new business/delivery models
• Identify and establish new opportunities to utilise private sector CSR efforts including Board volunteering and organisational mentoring
• Support the work of the Strategic Funding Manager and related work undertaken through the strategic partnership

What we’re looking for in our Strategic Partnership Manager:

• Experience of working as part of a management team to achieve organisational goals
• Experience of developing business and work plans that deliver positive change
• Experience of managing relationships and contracts with funding bodies
• Experience of working within civil society
• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Computer literate with excellent MS Office skills
• Excellent written skills including accurate and high-level document presentation skills
• Excellent oral communications skills and the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent research, writing and checking skills, with close attention to detail
• Ability to handle pressure and to work to deadlines
• Ability to work at the same time independently and collegially
• Excellent organisational and time management skills – planning, prioritising and managing workload with the ability to meet deadlines
• Project management skills

Closing Date - Monday 26 April 2021 at 10 am
Interviews will be conducted via Zoom

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Office Manager 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 Office Manager/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 Management. 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.
• 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.

Healthcare Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Healthcare Coordinator Responsibilities:

This is a key co-ordination role within two volunteer-enabled services which the Society offers. Both use trained volunteers to support people with dementia. The first helps them to make a Lasting Power of Attorney using the online tool provided by the Office of the Public Guardian and the second to appeal NHS Continuing Healthcare decisions.

The role supports the supervisor of both services to manage access to them and to deliver high quality information, as well as managing records and waiting lists. It also provides core technical and administrative support to the volunteers.

Healthcare Coordinator Requirements:

Do you want to support people with dementia to exercise their rights and help them gain more control of their lives? Are you a good communicator who can quickly absorb complex information, and explain it clearly but in a kind and empathetic way? Are you organised with strong attention to detail and ability to problem solve? Can you work within limits of strict confidentiality and as part of a team? Would you find delivering an excellent service to people with dementia fulfilling?

If so, and if you are educated to degree level or equivalent or have extensive relevant work experience, this could be the role for you.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Lasting Power of Attorney/Continuing Healthcare Services Coordinator
Location: Birmingham
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 per week.
Salary: £20,363 - £21,603 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 06 May 2021
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Support Worker, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.

Ref: 98490

We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our small independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.

Martineau Gardens, holders of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, is an organically managed community garden close to Birmingham city centre. We offer volunteering opportunities for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; work placements for SEN students; environmental education for schools; family activities and courses for adults. We supplement our charitable income through public engagement activities including events; plant and produce sales; venue hire and visitor donations.

The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity as we seek to grow our resources and expertise to support more people and maintain the restorative properties of the Gardens. We are seeking an individual who can develop strategy using a creative approach; someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, who has experience of managing a team with diverse skills and who has expertise in budgeting and governance.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your team of 10 and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic and operational aims.
 
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.

Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds. Knowledge of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is desirable but not essential.

If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you. Any offer made is subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.

Closing date: 27th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 9th June 2021

We are looking to recruit to the role of Health Promotion and Improvement Lead.

The  postholder will ensure that the people we support and our staff, receive additional support with a range of health needs.

We are inviting experienced registered nurses to apply for the position, ideally someone who has experience of working with people with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health.

This role will provide an effective clinical link between primary health care and social care across our current provision working effectively with managers and support staff. In addition, you will have a key focus on medication administration competency and work effectively with the management team to upskill staff and continuously improve health care practice.

You will develop a range of information to enhance the learning opportunities, enabling support staff to deliver the best outcomes for the people we support. The postholder will hold the key role of Infection Prevention and Control Lead for the Organisation; ensuring that we deliver safe and effective care in line with best practice and guidance.

About Bethphage

Bethphage is a registered charity and was established in 1994 to support adults with learning and physical disabilities and mental health needs in Shropshire and the West Midlands. Everything we do is individually designed to enable people to achieve their potential and meet their objectives. The people we support may live in their own home, a home that is shared with other people, their family or a shared home (supported living).

The role is based at our Head Office in Shrewsbury and will include working from home, visiting local offices and services.

 Skills required

• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent written skills, e.g. reports, procedures etc.
• Keen to promote healthy living
• Ability to motivate, encourage and influence
• Ability to analyse results of research and present findings in an accurate and methodical way
• Ability to create strategies
• Excellent organisation skills
• Confidence to Identify and collaborate and network with external partners and stakeholders to gather key information and share it with the management team

We welcome applicants looking for full and part time hours. 

Essential requirements

• RGN/RNLD/RMN qualification
• Driver
• Own vehicle (if appointed you will be expected to have business class insurance)

 Benefits of Working for us

• Competitive pay
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Long service awards
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Development opportunities
• Recruitment awards
• Paid enhanced DBS certificate
• Paid training
• 34 days annual leave including bank holidays increasing to 39 days after five years and 44 days after 10 years 

Interview date to be confirmed 

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An exciting position has become available within the RFEA Central Support Team (CST) based in Birmingham for a Project Nova Client Advisor to join a well established and integrated team. As a Nova Client Advisor you will be hard working, meticulous to detail and conscientious. Working on behalf of the RFEA and Walking With The Wounded Partnership, the principle role will be to provide central registration, tracking and a help desk function for Project Nova.

Project Nova is a support programme for Veterans identified in Police Custody; it is focussed on early intervention, support and diversion at point of arrest in order to prevent re-offending and a potential prison sentence. Project Nova is jointly delivered by RFEA and WWTW and working in partnership with NHS Liaison and Diversion Teams and Police Custody suites.

The ideal applicants for this position will be self-starters with a strong customer focus, excellent telephone manner and be capable of working within a large team and on their own initiative. Excellent communication skills, IT literacy, keyboard skills and interpersonal skills are essential.

Principal Responsibilities

Engagement

• Receive referrals of Nova Veterans (veterans in contact with the Police, in Nova areas, either because they have been arrested or because they are working with the Police as they are at risk of arrest).
• Undertake search for Nova veterans where contact details are missing following referral including use of social media.
• Establish first contact with referred Veterans.
• Support the Nova Team Leaders and Case Managers to engage with veterans.
• Register Nova Veterans on the CRM system.

Support Network Referrals

• Manage referrals for Nova Veterans to organisations in the Support Network, including diary management and reminder calls.

Tracking ans Follow-up

• Contact Nova Veterans who are in the support network following referral.
• Report any issues or problems that the tracking reveals.
• Follow up Nova Veterans at 3 months and 6 months after case closure.
• Provide accurate and responsive telephone, text, social media and email 'helpdesk’ support to Nova Clients and other stakeholders.
• Record all interactions with Clients and other Nova stakeholders.

Ideally applicants should be NVQ 3/4 qualified in Information Advice and Guidance, however, appropriate training will be given.

The successful candidate will be required to work 35 hours per week. Normal working hours will be on a shift pattern between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm Monday to Fridays inclusive. In addition there will be regular Saturday shifts between 8.00 am to 1:30 pm.

The role is offered initially on a one year fixed term contract, but with options to extend and possibly become permanent. A competitive salary package of £17,700 to £18,700 depending on qualifications and experience. Job satisfaction is guaranteed.

To apply, please submit your covering letter and CV. The closing date is 16th May 2021 with interviews scheduled in late May ready to start in June 2021.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Ministry of Defence security clearance which requires applicants to have been resident in the UK for over 5 years, an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Non-Police Vetting (NPPV 3).

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW are currently recruiting for the position of ‘International HR Manager' to join its dynamic International Programmes Division. The purpose of the role is to lead and strengthen the global HR remit and provide empowerment to the function by building global people practices that enable success. The post holder will provide strategic leadership, coaching and supporting globally based HR staff to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture. The post holder will actively align to the CHS HR standards and implement within practises. 

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Level 7 CIPD qualified
• Strong and seasoned analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to overcome challenges
• Strong organisation skills and attention to detail to ensure high quality in ones work
• Ability to prioritise and work efficiently under pressure and subject to changing priorities; proven experience of managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines and using judgment and initiative in problem resolution
• Excellent communication (written and verbal)
• Excellent levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications and HR software

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 12/05/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
As Member Involvement Coordinator, you will be part of a team responsible for creating opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, development and delivery of Crisis’s work.  You will co-ordinate he involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness in a range of events and projects across the organisation. Over the last few years, our ability to involve member in meaningful ways that genuinely impact their progression out of homelessness has gone from strength to strength.  We are looking to expand the Member Involvement team to increase our visibility and our capacity to support teams to embed co-production in their work and increase the number of opportunities we make available to our members.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Experience in working with people who are experiencing homelessness and/or multiple disadvantage 
- Strong facilitation skills 
- Strong organisational skills and experience in coordinating meetings and events 
- A passion for working collaboratively, sharing ideas and thinking creatively 
- approachable, non-judgmental and able to adapt to working with a broad range of people, creating a comfortable, professional and productive environment 
- Knowledge of and ability to comply with safeguarding procedures 
- Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion
- Lived experience of Homelessness is not essential but is preferred

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
 

Closing date: Monday 3rd May 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 11th May 2021

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Residential Support Workers and Relief Workers

Residential Services, Birmingham

 

37.5 and 18.75 hours per week

Salary £18,639 per annum (£9,319.50 per annum for part time positions)

 

Residential Support Worker: Flint Green House – Acocks Green - 37.5 hours

 

Residential Support Worker: Charles Davis House – Hockley - 37.5 hours

 

Relief Residential Support Worker: Working between

Ludford Road (Bartley Green) and Pershore Road (Selly Oak) -18.75 hours

 

Relief Residential Support Worker: Working between

Charles Davis House (Hockley) and Sycamore Lodge (Erdington) -18.75 hours

 

 

Post holders must be able to work flexible shifts Monday to Sunday. There is also a requirement for the post holders to be available to work sleep-in duties (for which there is a separate allowance paid).

 

Are you enthusiastic, able to facilitate recovery activities, fun loving, passionate about mental health, a good negotiator and motivator and able to work on a rota basis?

Our client’s Residents are looking for someone who is “pleasant, respectful, approachable, easy to speak to, willing to listen and someone who thinks on their feet”.

Do you have an interest in working with those who experience mental health distress who are living in a Residential Care Home?

Our client is a leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands.  As a Residential Support Worker you will work in partnership with people who are experiencing mental health difficulties using a person centred recovery approach that focuses on maintaining and strengthening their presence in the community.

You will have at least 12 months’ experience of working in an adult social care environment or health and social care setting and be able to demonstrate our client’s values.

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Our client’s people are key to the success of the organisation and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 2 May 2021

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 19 May 202