Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as Partnership Lead in our Cardiff office and work closely with our early years partners, educational professionals and community partnerships to collaboratively address the impact of poverty on children's early learning and development. 

Every child has the right to have their basic needs met, and to receive the support to ensure they can reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality. 

Our UK mission is to make a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty, and to narrow the learning gap between those children and their better-off peers.

We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families' needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish by preventing difficulties at the earliest possible stage: in pregnancy, at birth, in the crucial first 1,001 days of life and throughout childhood.

We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.

As Partnership Lead you will work with local communities and partners to generate the learning and evidence required to fulfil the national change strategy. You'll be responsible for the delivery of our early years and child poverty work, including programme and project management, support for high impact implementation and training delivery. You'll build strong relationships with children and families, engaging them in the development of local partnerships and national campaigns, and ensuring that our work promotes and reflects their voices and experiences. You will support influencing for local and national change, as well as developing relationships with donors. In addition you will:

• Provide coordination and management to local partnerships, including working from and as part of the local partnership
• Develop plans and ensure that work undertaken generates the learning and evidence required, drawing on the expertise of the Early Years team and working as part of (virtual) teams
• Support work on innovation and practice development, helping facilitate partner engagement in this work
• Carry out data, research and evaluation tasks to support the generation of the evidence and learning required to fulfil the national change strategy

To be successful you will be a creative, solutions-focused team player with good knowledge and experience of the early years and the children's sector. You'll have excellent programme and project management skills, with a good understanding of early child development and broad knowledge of the evidence about effective approaches. Capable of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders, you will have a good understanding of the impact of poverty on children, families and neighbourhoods and the barriers that communities face in seeking to bring about positive change. Additionally, you will have:

• Experience of early years programme approaches
• Experience of training delivery – programmatic and broader improvement work.
• Experience in engaging children and families and supporting them to share their experiences, and of co- developing approaches with practitioners, children and families
• Experience of developing or supporting monitoring and evaluation activity
• A strong understanding of systems change theory and approaches

Diversity & Inclusion 
To help us attract and encourage applications from a wide range of people, we are holding an open information session so that you can find out more about working at Save the Children, the UK Impact team and our vision and mission for children in the UK.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 28th June 2021, interviews week commencing 5 July 2021

Pension Wise Guidance Specialist

These vacancies will be homebased covering one of the following areas:​

• Derbyshire District (Buxton and Sheffield)
• Lancashire District (Chorley) 
• North Tyneside
• Cardiff

Pension Wise is a free and impartial government service that offers people guidance on their defined contribution pension options. 

You’ll be part of a service that has helped over 300,000 people in the past 5 years offering them valuable and life changing guidance that gives them the confidence to understand their pension and how to get the best value out of them. In providing this necessary and impartial service you’ll see positive and rewarding results for the people you help. We receive fantastic feedback directly from the customers who use the service - Pension Wise has consistently received over 94% customer satisfaction scores.

You’ll be expected to supply accurate and relevant information and guidance on pension options and choices. You’ll need to have a good foundation knowledge of pension law and practice, gained in a pensions role, as well as a thorough understanding of a broad range of pension arrangements, both occupational and personal. You also should have an understanding and an ability to keep pace with wider retirement issues.

We are currently recruiting for new Pension Wise Guidance Specialists to deliver appointments over the telephone.

Successful candidates must be able to attend an online induction programme, exact dates TBC.

If you meet the essential criteria in the job description attached then please initially apply by sending your CV and stating your postcode in the title.

Closing date: 20 June 2021

Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we will only be able to respond to successful candidates.

The Young Carers Development Trust has grown and consolidated over the last four years and we are seeking the right individual to take the trust forwards to our next stage of growth.  YCDT wishes to recruit an experienced individual to support the development of our young carers and to support the Development Mentors (DMs) in their work.  You will be one of three directly employed staff members. The Charity Manager oversees the development, governance and administrative elements of the charity’s work and you will work closely together to ensure that cover is provided. You will provide supervision and support to our team of 20 DMs.  You will be fully supported by the board of trustees. 

The Service Manager has oversight of the young carers that we work with and there are a series of targets and deadlines associated with this role. Not all targets will be met directly by the Service Manager personally but through networking, using existing contacts and resources and by delegation to the appropriate trustees and other persons/ third parties. 

1. Operational

Development Mentors

The Service Manager is responsible for

• Developing the job description and recruiting DMs in line with YCDT’s Safer Recruitment
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• Maintaining an ongoing and positive, supportive relationship with all DMs.
• Identifying training needs and providing training for DMs as part of a structured development programme that reflects the needs of the young carers
• Supporting DMs to build and implement young carer actions plans with the aim of supporting their young carer to reach their potential
• Supporting DMs to identify and report any concerns including safeguarding concerns
• Carrying out monthly or bimonthly supervision meetings with DMs and record notes for meetings as a routine.
• Running group support sessions for DMs

Young Carers

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Working with the Charity Manager to network with Young Carers referral agencies
• Supporting the Charity Manager to manage the initial referral process
• Identifying appropriate referrals, obtaining trustee approval and then matching them to an available DM, supported by the Charity Manager
• Supporting the development of a productive and healthy mentoring relationship between the DM and young carer that is strengths-based and orientated around the young carer’s needs, interests, and ambitions
• Acting as designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and logging and reporting any concerns to the appropriate trustee
• Using a multi-agency approach to prevent and address safeguarding issues
• Liaising and networking with other organisations to implement an effective support and development plan that will help the young carer reach their potential
• Running group social sessions and skills workshops for all YCDT young carers

Ambassadors

• Developing and implementing an “Ambassadors Programme” for our alumni which includes young carer consultation in its design and offers a bespoke training package and further development opportunities.
• Using Ambassadors to inspire, encourage and motivate other young carers.

Outreach and Service Development

The Services Manager is responsible for:

• Developing the reputation, range and offer of YCDT by :
  • providing virtual skills and support sessions for Young Adult Carers (YACs) across the country.
  • producing a regular YAC News e-bulletin for our registered mailing list of YACs and professionals working with YACs
  • Forming and maintaining relationships with young carer and carer services across the country
  • Forming and maintaining relationships with organisations/institutions that will support YCDT’s mission (e.g. universities, schools, widening participation programmes etc)
• Hosting a targeted annual “Aspirations Conference”  for YACs with contributions from the aforementioned networks

1. Strategic

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Supporting the Charity Manager and trustee board to develop strategic plans to support the stability and growth of the charity.
• Attend and provide the agenda for quarterly “service delivery and development” subcommittee meetings and implement motions carried forward.
• Prepare a report for and attend quarterly trustee board meetings.

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Designing and implementing tools fit for monitoring and evaluating all YCDT services/offers
• Using these tools as a feedback loop to improve our services and reporting
• Creating an annual Impact Report, supported by the Charity Manager
• Running an annual young carer survey and using the results to improve our service
• Running an annual DM survey and using the results to improve volunteer experience
• Using young carer consultation at strategic levels to develop the service

1. Governance

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Supporting the Charity Manager to update policies and procedures as required (supported by trustees).
• Implement all operational policies and procedures, work with the Charity Manager to update as necessary and review annually.

1.  Financial / Fundraising

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Supporting the Charity Manager to ensure that all DM and beneficiary expenses and financial records are kept in order at all times.
• Providing the Charity Manager with appropriate case studies, impact data and reports for our funders.
• Achieving a £20,000 fundraising target.

1. Marketing and communications

The Service Manager is responsible for:

• Ensuring that the Charity Manager has fresh content for use across all our media.
• Ensuring that there are effective means of communication in place between young carers, DMs, trustees and our networks and that the charity remains GDPR compliant
• Using social media to promote our work and mission.

Services Director – Cardiff Women’s Aid

Up to £43,000 ǀ Cardiff, South Wales

Campbell Tickell are proud to be recruiting to the role of Services Director at Cardiff Women’s Aid.

For over 45 years, Cardiff Women’s Aid has been working to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence and all other forms of violence against women and girls.  As a women-led feminist organisation we provide 24/7 crisis support and emergency accommodation through to aftercare and recovery.

Reporting directly to the CEO and forming part of the senior executive team with the Director of Business Development, the Service Director will be responsible for the strategic implementation and effective delivery of the organisation's support services.  You will have responsibility for the delivery of services which are person centred and solution focussed to include accommodation-based support, community provision, children and young people services aftercare and recovery and the management and delivery of projects.

We are seeking exceptional leadership skills and a senior track record in a support service environment. You will need to be able to balance having an internal and external focus bringing strong influencing and fundraising skills, the ability to work closely with partners and to ensure quality service delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to put your senior leadership skills and experience into action.  For a confidential discussion contact Kelly Shaw at Campbell Tickell on 07 900  36 38 03.

You can download a job pack by clicking apply now ...

Closing date: Friday 9th July 2021 at 12 noon

This post is open to women only under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

At Greenstream Flooring CIC, we relate our success directly to the strength of our management team. To continue operating at our high standards, we are seeking an experienced general manager to join us.  As an ideal candidate, you will be a born leader with previous managerial experience.  You will have proven experience overseeing operations, and potentially human resources, finance, and communications departments, too.  You are an expert communicator with a strong ability to delegate responsibilities and collaborate across a wide range of departments. Ultimately, you are driven by the desire to lead a team toward maximum productivity and efficiency.  Such is the importance of this role you will report directly to the Board.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the growth and development of the business
• Managing proactive development plans
• To report monthly to the board of directors using the agreed template and process and any additional issues or feedback
• To oversee induction, training and supervision of all staff, placements, and volunteers
• Management and development of staff members
• To work to agreed budgets and purchasing processes
• Oversight and management of externally funded programs
• To organise resources for projects
• To oversee inventory, ordering products where necessary
• To keep records of relevant data and record KPIs
• To record and update work processes
• Contribute to marketing output
• Ensure health and safety requirements are followed
• To work in conjunction with the finance director to manage credit control
• To oversee our 'take back' scheme of reusing carpet tiles
• To ensure the CRM and project information is up to date and accurate
• To manage day to day activities, including but not limited to; diary planning and management, communicating with all team members, office management, collection of timesheets, following company policies and procedures, using agreed systems.

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in a managerial role
• Strong decision-making capabilities
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
• Proven ability to develop and maintain financial plans
• Ability to delegate, motivate and lead people, and hold employees accountable
• High levels of emotional intelligence
• Able to deal with pressure without adversely affecting the team
• Able to accept constructive feedback
• Adaptable
• Works well within a team
• Full UK driving licence and use of an appropriate vehicle for work purposes
• Committed to promoting the Welsh Language.

Desirable

• Strong working knowledge of operational procedures
• Bachelor’s degree in business management or related field
• Previous performance evaluation experience
• Working knowledge of human resources processes
• Experience of working with volunteers
• An understanding of working within a social enterprise or non-profit sector organisation

We are committed to equality of opportunity and diversity, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, marital or family status, religious belief, disability, age, race, nationality or sexual orientation.

Head of Standards – Centre for Digital Public Services, Wales

Salary: £65k - £75k (depending on experience)
Location: Wales – at present we do not have a physical office and are all working remotely. Once restrictions ease, we will discuss with our staff any potential blended models of home and office/hub working. We will continue to support remote working where needed.
Term: Fixed term contract to March 2022.

This is a fixed term appointment, however there may be the possibility of the role becoming permanent should additional funding be secured.

This role is available as a secondment for Welsh public sector employees. Please follow your own organisation’s policy around informing and getting permission from line managers.

Summary

About the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS)

Here to deliver better public services that work for everyone the Centre for Digital Public Services (Wales) is an arms-length body of Welsh Government setup to enable and support digital transformation of public services in Wales.

We work with colleagues across the public sector in Wales to deliver services that are accessible to everyone and ensure the people that design and deliver the services have the skills, capability and support they need.

We’re creating a blended team of digital experts made up of permanent staff, fixed term appointments, secondments from the Welsh public sector and suppliers to work together to deliver our aims.

The Role

The Head of Standards is part of CDPS’s senior management team.

Reporting to the Chief Executive of the Centre, you will provide passionate, committed leadership, that is both transparent and accountable. You will ensure that our Digital Service Standards are embedded in our work, and that our programmes of work are committed to design patterns, service and accessibility standards.

You will be working alongside the Head of Delivery to ensure that we meet our design principles and standards, learning and improving as we progress. You’ll be an advocate for standards in digital design and delivery and your expertise will be shared with Welsh digital public services. You’ll also liaise with the Head of Digital Capability and Skills to help benchmark our training and information services.

You will represent CDPS and your teams in delivery and planning forums as well as externally across the public sector at all levels. You will communicate plans and progress inside and outside CDPS. This might range from blog posts, show and tells, conferences, to representation at board-level meetings. You will collaborate and engage with users, stakeholders and teams across the Welsh public sector.

What You’ll Do

• own the ongoing development and guidance for the Wales’ Service Standards.
• continue to embed Service Standards across the Welsh Public Sector.
• develop a service manual and pattern library.
• contribute to the development of training development needs as this relates to the service standard.
• lead the development of a set of Technology standards.
• lead the development of a service assessment approach and process.
• explore the appetite for spend controls across parts of the public sector.
• commit to current and future legislation around digital accessibility, looking at more than bare minimum compliance.

Who you are
We want to hear from people with skills in

• Developing, using and applying standards within a variety of teams.
• Digital and technology transformation and improvement.
• Working in a user-centred, user-led fashion.
• Persuading and influencing senior leaders.
• Championing accessibility and inclusion in digital services.
• Fluency in spoken and written Welsh (desirable).
• Communication: able to persuade, negotiate, influence, network; and collaborate.
• Getting to the heart of an issue quickly and clearly, demonstrating expert knowledge in an applied setting.
• Understanding of the political, economic and social landscape of Wales .

You should be

• Naturally curious and able to champion your own learning and development.
• A champion for user-centered practices embedded within agile delivery.
• Respectful in your approach to stakeholders and services who aren’t as familiar with user-centred design.
• Committed to the development of improved digital strategy across Wales.
• Alert to opportunities to improve our teams, tools and processes.
• If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can rock the role, we’d love to learn more about you, so do please apply.
• We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, Welsh language choice, culture and religion.

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement - 28 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• 37.5-hour week for all full-time team members.
• Flexible working policy.
• Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension.

Closing date: 23rd June 12:00

The ability to speak and write Welsh is desirable.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be judged less favourably than those submitted in English.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter to support your application.
The covering letter should be no more than two sides of A4. Please provide evidence in the letter of your suitability for the role, based on our “Who You Are” section and explain why you are interested in the position and where you saw the job advertised

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an individual with a commitment to animal welfare to join us as a Deputy Centre Manager at our thriving Bridgend site on a interim basis until October 2023. You will join us working 32 hours per week on a rota basis (to include weekends) and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £21,605.94 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of more than 520 per day.

Our adoption and homing centres care for thousands of cats each year until they are able to find a loving new home. In 2019, 41,000 cats were rehomed and 2,500 more reunited with their owners. This success would not be possible without our dedicated team of employees and volunteers. Dealing with thousands of visitors each month, our centres are the face of Cats Protection and we pride ourselves on our employees providing the very best in animal welfare and customer service.

We are looking for someone who shares our values of placing cats and their welfare first, never putting a healthy cat to sleep, valuing and respecting our volunteers, supporters and employees, providing the highest quality of service and being open and honest.

Responsibilities of our Deputy Centre Manager:

As Deputy Centre Manager you will be tasked with managing our established Mitcham Homing Centre in line with Cats Protection’s main aims of homing, neutering and educating. You will ensure the welfare of all cats in our care and ensure that all administrative and maintenance procedures are completed to a high standard that is in keeping with our vision. A flexible approach to working hours including the ability to work weekends will be required as all centre employees are expected to work 50% of weekends and some evenings.

What we’re looking for in our Deputy Centre Manager:

• Supervisor/team leader experience, ideally within an animal welfare environment or organisation
• A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of the prevention and control of infectious diseases in cats
• A driven, positive and enthusiastic individual with plenty of initiative and the ability to thrive under pressure
• Experience of managing a diverse team
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel
• A full UK driving licence

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £21,605.94 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Deputy Centre Manager and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Closing date: 16 June 2021

Virtual interview date: 28 June 2021

Job: Corporate and Development Fundraising Manager / Rheolwr Codi Arian Corfforaethol a Datblydiu

Salary:  £30,000

Hours of work: Full time & Permanent (35 hours per week supported by flexible working)

Location: Home-based in Wales with frequent travel to our head office in Cardiff

You’ll need to apply by midnight on 27th June. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a virtual interview on 1st or 2nd July.

We’re Hiring!

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Fundraising team as a Corporate & Development Fundraising Manager.

What you’ll be doing

As our fundraising programme for 2021/22 financial year gets underway, we are looking for a Corporate & Development Fundraising Manager to join our team at this exciting time at Tenovus Cancer Care. Our fundraising development programme forms a key part in our ambitious plans for growth as we strive to support all those affected by cancer in Wales.

As Corporate & Development Fundraising Manager the postholder will help grow and develop the corporate fundraising stream of the charity with our Regional Fundraising Managers. While leading the regular giving income streams (Regular Giving, Pay Roll Giving, Lottery, Free Wills, and our Christmas Appeal) of the charity in line with agreed budgets and to improve our return on investment.

Is this the one for you?

To be great in this job you must be a natural people person who is business-minded and can develop opportunities, build income and also manage a team effectively.

The role helps support much of what Tenovus Cancer Care delivers, so you’ll need to be dedicated and passionate about supporting cancer patients and their loved ones. In return, the role will give you the opportunity to improve the lives of people affected by cancer by maximising income streams to help fund our research and cancer support services.

To be considered for this job your CV should show that you have:

• Excellent and successful track record of delivering Corporate Fundraising budgets
• Budget planning and management
• Experience of writing and delivering applications and pitches for Charity of the Year partnerships
• A successful track record of achievement in sales/marketing/fundraising
• A proven track record of managing a team
• Experience of developing a pipeline of corporate prospects
• Experience of using databases
• Experience of delivering first class account management

About us

A cancer diagnosis can be frightening and stressful. We can help. We bring expert advice, emotional support and life-saving treatment to the heart of communities. We help cancer patients and their loved ones cope, and our vital research gives hope.

We care about people affected by cancer and we make a real difference to lives. And we need like-minded people just like you to help us make a difference.

Our roles are popular with candidates because we’re a local employer with a good reputation working for a cause people are passionate about.

We’re hardworking and we love what we do. We also offer great benefits which include (pro-rata for part-time roles): 

• Agile working
• 35 pro rata’d days holiday per year (including bank holidays) increases with length of service
• Occupational sick pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Family friendly policies

Recruitment Process

Please apply with your CV and covering letter addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification via the Tenovus Cancer Care website by midnight 27th June.

You can find a copy of our Job Description and Person Specification when you click to think to our website 

For more information or assistance during the application process, please contact Sion Edwards, Head of Fundraising -  details are found on our website 

Tenovus Cancer Care is passionate about equality and diversity.  As part of our cultural commitment, we welcome applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community. With Disability Confidence important to how we support and inspire people we welcome applications from people with a disability and will adjust our recruitment processes where we can.

Because we have a lot of applications for our roles, we’re not able to provide feedback to candidates who aren’t progressed to interview stage. Sometimes we may also need to close the vacancy for applications early due to the popularity of our advertised roles.

If you are looking for your next career challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Personal Data

• We’re committed to being transparent about how we collect and use data and to meeting our data protection obligations and you can find full details about this in our Job Application Privacy Notice on our Work for us page on the Tenovus Cancer Care website.

Volunteer Development Manager - Sully

Vacancy type: Paid Vacancy
Function: Human Resources
Location: Head Office - Sully
Salary: £26,500-£28,800 (for 37.5 hrs, depending on experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Contract hours: Full time, Part time
Weekly hours: 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, personable, and passionate Volunteer Manager to join our team, leading on the development and implementation of our volunteering strategy.

About the role

The post holder will be the charity’s specialist lead on all aspects of volunteering. Key requirements of the role include:

• Lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of our volunteer strategy and programme.
• Act as an ambassador for volunteering, drive and embed volunteering across the charity, and increasing volunteers in all areas.
• Develop and embed good practice in volunteer coordination, training, motivation, recruitment, and safeguarding.
• Manage the day-to-day volunteering operation and line manage the Volunteer Co-ordinator.
• Develop and implement a volunteer communication strategy and develop our brand.
• Develop and implement new volunteering programmes and projects including reward and recognition.

About you
We are looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in leading and developing volunteer programmes.
• Experienced in managing effective volunteer recruitment campaigns and increasing a volunteer brand.
• Passionate about volunteering with a sound knowledge of volunteering principles, trends and practices.
• Able to network and work in partnership with both internal and external parties.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to engage and build strong relationships at all levels.
• Able to identify and implement a wide range of volunteering initiatives.

About us

Tŷ Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care to children and support for their families throughout Wales. We offer comfort, care and support to children and young people with life-limiting conditions, supporting them and their families at our hospice, in the community and in their homes. We greatly value the input, contribution and commitment made by our many volunteers, and without their support we would not be able to provide the services we do to children and their families

Our vision is to see a Wales where children who may die in childhood live a fulfilling family life.

Our mission is to offer a high standard of free care to children in Wales who may die in childhood in order to enrich their quality of life, and support their families during life, at end of life and through bereavement.

Our values are caring, collaborative and professional.

The benefits of working for Tŷ Hafan include:

• Group Personal Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 5%.
• Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days plus Bank Holidays (rising to 32 with service).
• A comprehensive induction plan and training.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Shopping discounts and an employee assistance programme.

Tips for candidates – all applications and interviews will be assessed using the person specification included within the job description.

Closing Date: 19/06/2021
Interview date: TBC
Ref No: 60

Content Designer - Wales

Salary: £30 - £47K depending on experience

Location: Wales – at present we do not have a physical office and are all working remotely. Once restrictions ease, we will discuss with our staff any potential blended models of home and office/hub working. We will continue to support remote working where needed.

Term: Fixed term contract to March 2022.

This is a fixed term appointment, however there may be the possibility of the role becoming permanent should additional funding be secured.

This role is available as a secondment for Welsh public sector employees. Please follow your own organisation’s policy around informing and getting permission from line managers.

Summary

About the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS)

Here to deliver better public services that work for everyone the Centre for Digital Public Services (Wales) is an arms-length body of Welsh Government setup to enable and support digital transformation of public services in Wales.

We work with colleagues across the public sector in Wales to deliver services that are accessible to everyone and ensure the people that design and deliver the services have the skills, capability and support they need.

We’re creating a blended team of digital experts made up of permanent staff, fixed term appointments, secondments from the Welsh public sector and suppliers to work together to deliver our aims.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Communications and Engagement, as a content designer you'll be expected to ensure quality, innovation and creativity in how the CDPS approaches all aspects of content design. You will be able to work autonomously, and have experience working on accessible user centred content design. You’ll have the ability to lead on specific areas of work, collaborate with wider team members and manage the content production, sign off and approvals.

You will be working across a number of projects, including our website, our playbooks and other content, not all digital. You’ll know how to create accessible and inclusive content across a variety of formats and will understand information architecture as much as creating engaging copy.

What You’ll Do

• Work alongside members of the CDPS team influencing and collaborating to improve content quality.
• Create and improve user-centred content efficiently and to a high standard.
• Establish consistency and good practice across all content creation.
• Design content, implementing the appropriate style and standards, to meet user needs and business standards, creating a clear, joined up customer journey for those engaging with CDPS content. Ensure appropriate content is shown to a user in the right place and in the best format.
• Ensuring all content assets are user-focused, accurate, optimised appropriately (e.g. for search), and meet relevant design, style and accessibility guidelines.
• Work to the Wales’ Digital Service Standards.
• Lead conversations around content design standards and patterns across the Welsh public sector.
• Own and manage content for the CDPS website (including Knowledge Sharing content).
• monitor and improve content based on user feedback, research and data.
• Work effectively with subject matter experts, stakeholders and partners to deliver clear, relevant content.
• Ensure all content assets are user-focused, accurate, optimised appropriately (e.g. for search), and meet relevant design, style and brand guidelines.
• Lead the content design community of practice promoting user-focused content design across public services in Wales.

Who you are

We want to hear from people with skills in:

• Creating, improving, publishing and managing high-quality, user-centred content.
• Understanding which tools or methods to use, meeting the needs of users across a variety of channels, and offering insight and expertise in how user needs change over time.
• Using analytics, user feedback and user research to evaluate and improve content.
• Building relationships with stakeholders to understand their goals and working with them to improve user journeys and content quality.
• Understanding the difference between content design and copywriting.
• Implementing and feeding into content strategy.
• Reviewing and improving processes and working with content publishing systems.
• Understanding and applying agile working practices.
• Content design within a public service setting.
• Adept at providing simple, clear content to communicate complex issues.
• Good time management and the ability to work autonomously.
• Communication: able to persuade, negotiate, influence, network; and collaborate.
• Getting to the heart of an issue quickly and clearly, demonstrating expert knowledge in an applied setting.
• Understanding of the political and social landscape of Wales.
• Fluency in spoken and written Welsh (desirable).

You should be

• Naturally curious and able to champion your own learning and development.
• A champion for user-centered practices.
• Respectful in your approach to stakeholders and services who aren’t as familiar with user-centred design.
• Proactive and will take the initiative rather than to see a problem and ignore it.
• Committed to the development of improved digital strategy across Wales.
• Alert to opportunities to improve our teams, tools and processes If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can rock the role, we’d love to learn more about you, so do please apply.

DDAT skills required for this role

We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, Welsh language choice, culture and religion

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement - 28 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• 37.5 hour week for all full-time team members.
• Flexible working policy.
• Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter to support your application.

The covering letter should be no more than two sides of A4. Please provide evidence in the letter of your suitability for the role, based on our “Who You Are” section and explain why you are interested in the position and where you saw the job advertised

Communications Officer - Wales

Salary: £30-35K
Location: Wales – at present we do not have a physical office and are all working remotely. Once restrictions ease, we will discuss with our staff any potential blended models of home and office/hub working. We will continue to support remote working where needed.

Term: Fixed term contract to March 2022.

This is a fixed term appointment, however there may be the possibility of the role becoming permanent should additional funding be secured.

This role is available as a secondment for Welsh public sector employees. Please follow your own organisation’s policy around informing and getting permission from line managers.

The ability to speak and write Welsh is desirable.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be judged less favourably than those submitted in English.

Summary

About the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS)

Here to deliver better public services that work for everyone the Centre for Digital Public Services (Wales) is an arms-length body of Welsh Government setup to enable and support digital transformation of public services in Wales.

We work with colleagues across the public sector in Wales to deliver services that are accessible to everyone and ensure the people that design and deliver the services have the skills, capability and support they need.

We’re creating a blended team of digital experts made up of permanent staff, fixed term appointments, secondments from the Welsh public sector and suppliers to work together to deliver our aims.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Communications and Engagement, you’ll be part of a team delivering engaging and effective communications to support the objectives of the Centre and deliver better public services in Wales. We’re looking for a blended team to cover all of our communications delivery from social media through to events and internal and stakeholder engagement. We’re looking to hire 3 people for these roles, and so wouldn't expect you to have extensive experience across all of the areas below. You may have expertise in one or two specific areas with a good grounding in wider communications disciplines or you may bring a range of communications expertise and experience. We’d particularly like to hear from you if you have experience of delivering communications in a change or transformation environment.

What You’ll Do

• Support planning of communications activities to support the Centre's objectives aligned to the CDPS grid.
• Plan and deliver events and activities to support communication campaigns and the Centre’s delivery plan.
• Manage the CDPS blog including drafting, editing and working with colleagues across the public sector in Wales to produce open, engaging content.
• Produce high quality, accessible content, including filming, photography and animation.
• Create content and manage CDPS social media channels.
• Produce briefing and Q&As to support events, announcements, publications.
• Provide communication advice to the wider CDPS team.
• Develop tailored communication products, meetings and events to support stakeholder engagement.
• Work with community groups and stakeholders across Wales to build relationships that influence public service delivery.
• Manage the Centre’s media engagement including implementing proactive and reactive media plans.
• Work alongside the Content Designer on CDPS website development and content.
• Support colleagues in the Welsh public sector to work in the open providing transparency and sharing knowledge and experience.

Who you are

We want to hear from people with skills in

• Digital communications
• Internal communications
• Media management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Community engagement
• Content creation and delivery
• Working alongside change programmes and digital transformation teams.
• Good time management and the ability to work autonomously.
• Communication: able to persuade, negotiate, influence, network; and collaborate.
• Getting to the heart of an issue quickly and clearly, demonstrating expert knowledge in an applied setting.
• Understanding of the political and social landscape of Wales.
• Fluency in spoken and written Welsh (desirable).

You should be

• Naturally curious and able to champion your own learning and development.
• A champion for user-cantered practices embedded within agile delivery.
• Respectful in your approach to stakeholders and services who aren’t as familiar with user-centred design.
• Committed to the development of improved digital strategy across Wales.
• Alert to opportunities to improve our teams, tools and processes.

DDaT Skills required for this role

• If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can rock the role, we’d love to learn more about you, so do please apply.
• We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, Welsh language choice, culture and religion.

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement - 28 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• 37.5-hour week for all full-time team members.
• Flexible working policy.
• Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter to support your application.

The covering letter should be no more than two sides of A4. Please provide evidence in the letter of your suitability for the role, based on our “Who You Are” section and explain why you are interested in the position and where you saw the job advertised.

Closing date: 23rd June, 12:0

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Are you a proactive, target-driven and highly organised individual with extensive experience of careers coaching and successfully supporting disadvantaged people into sustainable employment?

If so, join St Giles as an Employment Navigator, where you will take the lead on the day-to-day delivery of our ATLAS project – an exciting one-year ESF-funded project which aims to support low-skilled, unemployed individuals who have previously offended, or who are at risk of offending. It will provide person-centred employment support and training towards a career in the support and advice and guidance sector.

The Project has been supported by the European Social Fund through the Welsh Government.

About St Giles
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity
As our Employment Navigator, you will be responsible for the delivery of the ATLAS Project, which will include ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the Active Inclusion funding and proactively developing the project and building the number of project participants and partner organisations we work with.

You will also identify, recruit and induct suitable participants for the project and provide comprehensive person-centred employment support to project participants based on their personal goals and needs. This will also involve developing and delivering relevant group and one-to-one training sessions to enhance each client’s employability and professional understanding (related to the support sector). Successfully supporting clients to achieve a number of positive outcomes, including to enter work, volunteering or further education opportunities in the advice and guidance sector, is also a key aspect of this role.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience supporting participants to access employment, training, and other specialist support
• Strong experience of developing and delivering effective training
• The ability to engage and build positive relationships with partners, employers and other beneficiaries
• A relevant qualification in training, mentoring, or careers guidance or demonstrable work experience
• Sound knowledge of issues facing clients the ATLAS Project supports
• An understanding of the support, advice and guidance sectors
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, season ticket loan and much more.

Closing date: 11pm, 17th June 2021. Interview date: 22nd June 2021.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

New Futures Pilots Manager

Leicester, London or Cardiff based

Fixed term for 12 months; 3 days per week

Learning and Work Institute is an independent research, development and policy organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion.

We're focused on the big questions. What impact will coronavirus have on the labour market and how should policy respond? How do we help more people to develop their skills in a changing job market?

We’re looking to recruit a pilots manager to join our team delivering the “New Futures” programme. New Futures will support more than 6,000 people to upskill and reskill into new jobs. Five place-based pilots (two in England and one each in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) will deliver targeted outreach to people whose jobs may be at risk as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, high-quality careers advice and coaching, and flexible models of training.

The pilots manager role involves the management of partners delivering the five UK pilots to ensure activities are implemented as planned; supporting delivery partners to embed evaluation activities; and proactively working with the L&W project team.

The ideal candidate will bring strong project management skills, a track record of designing and delivering development or pilot projects, and experience in the delivery context for learning, skills and employment.

In return, you will have the opportunity to learn from renowned experts. We are a friendly and supportive team, passionate and enthusiastic about our work. We support each other to develop and flourish.

L&W is a Silver Investor in People award holder, committed to equal opportunities and staff development including support for formal qualifications when applicable.

L&W prides itself on being a supportive and flexible employer. We recognise the importance of work-life balance for our staff and will consider flexible working arrangements.

The successful candidate will have to undergo an enhanced DBS check. 

For more information and to apply, please visit our website by clicking "Apply".

Welsh version also available on our website.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 18 June 2021.

We anticipate that interviews will take place via Zoom week commencing 28 June 2021.

Should you require any adjustments to participate in this recruitment process, please make this clear when you apply.

The role

The Digital Product team sits within the Digital and Strategic Insight team in the newly formed Fundraising, Communications and Engagement Directorate at Breast Cancer Now.

The Digital Product Manager will oversee the development, delivery, rollout and ongoing maintenance of a wide-range of digital products focusing on delivering our Digital Strategy through ensuring that the products optimise user journeys and conversions.
The role will require you to work collaboratively with various internal teams and across multiple projects to produce digital products of the highest standard to help communicate the work of the organisation. You will need to be able to communicate clearly and set expectations on the delivery of bug fixes and workstreams.

The Digital Product Managers work with our external technical agencies to ensure that requirements are prioritised, clearly scoped and UAT criteria are set to ensure the quality of work.

About you

This role will involve running projects of various sizes so a good working knowledge of project management methodologies including Agile is essential, alongside excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

You will have a passion for all things digital and pro-actively look for opportunities to improve the Digital Products at Breast Cancer Now for our users, based on research, quantitative and qualitative analytics.

You will require a working understanding of Drupal or similar CMSs, as well as a knowledge of analytic systems including Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Hotjar.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Please note that currently Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home. Although the role can be based in one of our office locations the expectation is that once restrictions are eased we will follow a blended approach between office and home working. Should you have any queries with regards to this please contact us in the first instance.

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing dateMonday 21 June 2021 at 5.00pm 

Interview date Virtually, via Microsoft Teams in week commencing 28 June 2021