Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join Independent Age as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

Our Information team are a key part of our Services Directorate which we are currently developing, expanding our remit to cover Scotland and Wales.

Our information is used by older people, their families, friends and carers to make informed decisions about their lives and is often the first engagement an older person has with the charity. The quality of our information forms an important part of our brand, helping to raise our profile and attract funding.

Working alongside your fellow job share Information Manager, you would have responsibility for the day-to-day delivery and development of our national information service.  Managing a team of experienced writers, you will ensure our information is up to date, accurate, accessible and relevant and that we are actively involving older people in our information production.

Your experience will include understanding of issues around equity, diversity and inclusion and how these apply to public information; Demonstrable strong people management skills, able to inspire, motivate and empower your team; Cross functional collaboration and ability to build strong working relationships both internally and externally; Development of high quality and consistent information and advice resources and the ability to tailor communications to different audiences.

At Independent Age we live by our values. We are Purpose-driven; compassionate; expert; collaborative; accountable; inclusive.

We champion inclusion and celebrate diversity within and outside our charity to create a culture where everyone knows that they belong and can bring their whole self to work. 

We hire from a variety of backgrounds as we know this makes our charity stronger.

We offer two incremental salary increases for everyone joining us, one at successful completion of probation and the second on the first anniversary of starting with us.

If you are passionate about our cause, share our values and believe you have the skills for this role, then we’d love to meet you. 

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best, so we provide support to attain this with flexible working hours and regular remote working opportunities’. 

We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance and fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews to be held on Tuesday 8 February.

The icap Centre Manager carries out all core building and office management tasks to ensure that the clinical team can provide icap’s unique counselling and psychotherapy services.

Post Title: Centre Manager

Reporting to: Chief Executive

Key Relationships: Chief Executive and Clinical Director 

Working Relationships: Clinical Administrator, Head of Fundraising & Events, and Centre Manager Birmingham

Purpose of Post: Lead responsibility for the day-to-day building management, supporting the clinical team, Head of Fundraising & Events, and the Centre Manager (Birmingham) as required.

Terms: Permanent

Salary: £30,000 (pro-rata)

Hours: 21 to include either Wednesday or Thursday

Location: Finsbury Park, London, with occasional travel

Main Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the effective day-to-day running of the office at Moray Road

• To be responsible for ensuring the organisation, staff and therapists operate in compliance with health & safety and fire policy and procedures

• To be responsible for maintaining a suppliers list and be their first point of contact

• To be responsible for financial management, liaising with colleagues as appropriate

• To be responsible for managing and maintaining administrative (electronic and paper) systems

• To support the Head of Fundraising & Events with administration and event management

• To support the CEO and Chair of Trustees with organisational governance.

Duties

Office management:

• To be responsible for ensuring administrative cover at Moray Road, including providing onsite cover during the week 

• To be responsible for ensuring that the fabric of the building is kept in good order, liaising with contractors, utility providers, the centre cleaner and others as required

• To be responsible for stationery, kitchen, and other supplies, ensuring best value for the organisation

• To be responsible for developing and complying with health & safety and fire policy and procedures.

HR, Staff and Volunteer management:

• To be responsible, in consultation with the CEO, for the development and compliance with HR policy and procedures

• To be responsible for the line management of the Clinical Administrator to include monthly supervision

• To be responsible for the organisation’s volunteer programme, including the recruitment, induction, and supervision of volunteers

• To attend weekly team meetings, management meetings and contribute to the overall management of the organisation.

Clinical administration:

• To be responsible for putting in place an effective clinical, administrative service at Moray Road

• To share responsibility with the Clinical Administrator to provide an onsite reception service, including taking phone messages for therapists and other staff and letting clients in/ out of the building

• To support and deputise for the Clinical Administrator liaising with clients as required and directed by the Clinical Manager.

Financial Management

• To be responsible for ensuring compliance with icap’s financial procedures

• To oversee the accurate recording and accounting of client contributions

• To be responsible for the appropriate use and reconciliation of petty cash for small local expenses

• To be responsible for the setup and management of systems for the recording and payment of all other direct income, such as room hire

• To be responsible for the setup and management systems for the collection of funds arising from events and donations to the charity

• To attend and assist the Head of Fundraising and Events  with the management of funds raised at events

• To provide a point of contact for Accountability, who provide our bookkeeping and accountancy service, including liaison with icap’s bank

• To provide support and assistance with the annual audit.

Human Resources Management

• To work with the CEO to ensure compliance with HR procedures

• To be responsible in consultation with the CEO and/or Clinical Director for recruitment of staff and volunteers from advertisement to induction

• To be responsible for the register of therapist and supervisor accreditation documents liaising with the Clinical team as necessary

• To be responsible for ensuring icap HR records for the organisation are up to date.

IT

• To be responsible for icap’s IT systems

• To act as the first point of contact for staff and therapists with IT queries and issues

• To act as the first point of contact for Johnson Technical who provide IT services, including monitoring contract compliance

• To be responsible for icap’s telephone system

• To act as the first point of contact for Solgari, who provide icap’s telecommunication services

• To be responsible for the purchase of IT hardware, software, telephones, and other equipment in line with organisational policies

• To share responsible for content management on the icap website, liaising with the Head of Fundraising & Events and the Clinical Administrator

• To be the first point of contact for Hooper and Kind, who provide website support.

Organisational governance

• To work with the CEO to ensure that papers for Trustee and Sub-Committee meetings are sent out on time

• To attend and minute Board meetings and other governance meetings as directed by the CEO

• To support the Company Secretary in completing returns to comply with charity legislation.

Other tasks

• To carry out other tasks commensurate with the role as directed by the CEO.

Service Delivery Coach

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Locality Impact directorate as a Service Delivery Coaches in London.

Position: Service Delivery Coach

Location: Homebased London with extensive travel across the service area

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: Salary circa £22,000 per annum (inner London weighting £2,639 per annum or outer London weighting £1,404 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live) full time equivalent salary circa £27500 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 23 January 2022

Interview Date: Week commencing 31 January 2022

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Service Delivery Lead, the Service Delivery Coach will empower Stroke Support Coordinators to take ownership for the continuous improvement of quality and consistency of the services we provide. Whilst a coaching style will be appropriate for many aspects of the role, there will be occasions where strong leadership and management will need to be demonstrated to ensure coordinators are maintaining compliance of the services against organisational and contractual policies and procedures and addressing performance related issues. Coaches may be required to work across locality boundaries.

Key responsibilities will include:

• To support and empower coordinators through a coaching ethos to:
• Deliver high quality stroke support services, ensuring stroke survivors and their carers receive the best possible support to rebuild their lives after stroke. 
• Identify gaps and respond to opportunities for service growth.
• Identify and address capability gaps and build volunteer capacity where required. 
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Understand and be responsible for the active monitoring of data quality, reporting and service delivery against their national and local key performance indicators.
• Effectively manage service volunteers.

The role is responsible for day to day line management of coordinators.

About You

As Service Delivery Coach you will have experience of:

• Supporting remote teams with paid staff and volunteers using a coaching style of management
• Using relevant knowledge and awareness of health and social care systems, ideally within the stroke pathway.
• Managing performance improvement.
• Championing diversity internally and externally.
• Effectively balancing a number of competing priorities.
• Using excellent communication skills.

The ability to travel extensively across the locality is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role. To fulfil the requirements of the role you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K

You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state the reference to the role you are applying for and any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Service, Service Delivery, Service Delivery Lead, Service Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Locality Impact, Volunteer, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer Engagement, Volunteering Manager, Impact, Impact and Engagement, Impact and Engagement Lead, Impact and Engagement Manager, Impact and Engagement Officer, Community, Community Engagement, Social Care, Care, Health, Disability, Outreach, Community Outreach, Programme, Programmes, Stroke, Charity, Impact, Impact and Evaluation, Coach, Coaching, Mentor.

About Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind

This is an exciting opportunity to join and support a fast growing and dedicated team supporting the wellbeing of communities across West London.

We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover. We listen, support recovery, fight stigma and work with partners to take action. We provide services for adults, children and young people, signposting for everyone and training and consultancy for employers.

Purpose of the Job

To provide support to the hoarding population of Hounslow. You will be sole project worker delivering: peer support groups, a psychoeducation programme and coordinate volunteers to help our clients declutter their homes in a sensitive way. 

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the inbox of referrals coming in, triage them and offer them our service
• Deliver a rolling 12-week psychoeducation programme
• Deliver peer support groups once a month
• Identify which clients need support to declutter and coordinate a buddy volunteer to help that client
• Record outcome measures and help clients identify goals
• Ensure case notes are on each client file
• Assist with home safety checks
• Carry out decluttering
• Liaise with referrers
• Signpost to other services or make referrals to onward organisations or internal services
• Understand, adhere to and actively implement all the policies and procedures of HFEH Mind
• To operate and comply with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and relevant HFEH Mind policies on data protection during the course of undertaking the role.
• To safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times.
• To undertake training as required.

We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

12 month contract, Part-Time

Want to make a positive difference to society whilst accelerating your career in the charity sector? 

Merchant Taylors’ Boone’s Charity is an arm of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, with a vision to be a long term provider of high quality almshouses in the Borough of Lewisham that improves lives across the generations.

Merchant Taylors’ Company began as a medieval organisation in 1327. Once linked to the tailoring industry, today we are a network of members from a diverse range of backgrounds who share a passion for community, education and philanthropy.

We are an organisation dedicated to progress, fairness and people. Members volunteer their time, skills and donate to empower a range of charities and support a number of associated schools across the United Kingdom. We help people to achieve their full potential despite life’s challenges. To meet our ambitions, we provide an engaged and driven workforce that ensure we continue to be City leaders. 

You are an exceptional person who will enjoy: 

• Providing a great service to our Over 57s independent living residents at our 34 flats sub-let from One Housing in Christopher Boone’s Court, Lewisham, London 

• Improving processes for the benefit of residents and driving casework to a successful conclusion 

• Contributing to shaping our strategic vision to build almshouses for young people affected by homelessness 

• Working closely with our senior team to support the board of trustees of Merchant Taylors’ Boone’s Charity. 

This is a great opportunity if you are interested in gaining transferable experience of senior management issues in a charity setting, and motivated by providing great customer service.

An existing qualification in housing is not required - sharing our values and showing the right behaviours are what matter most to us.  We’re looking for a positive, proactive person who enjoys bringing their intellect and commercial awareness to their work, connect with residents and with stakeholders at all levels from grassroots to board, and are transparent in all that they do. 

Working closely with brainstrust’s Director of Services, you will be trained to deliver the Charity’s revered, impartial and impactful coaching and information service for people living with a brain tumour, and their families.

You will instil empowerment and control in those living with brain cancer in London and the South East, dramatically improving their wellbeing. You will also have some responsibility for our support offer for children and families – little brainstrust - and will be working closely with an active team of volunteers who are building capacity in the region.

This role is home-based in London or the South East of England, with regular local travel.

For more information and to apply, please visit the ‘work with us’ page of our website.

Closing date: Friday, 4th February 2022.

Interview date: Thursday 10th February 2022.

We are seeking a Head of Services for a 9-month fixed term contract. This role will lead Rays of Sunshine’s work with children and families, delivering its programme of wishes, hospital services and community support, and will have responsibility for policy development relating to the work of the services team.

Head of Services Requirements:
You will need to have experience of leading large scale or national services coupled with a strong track record of leading and managing a team. You will need to be highly organised and have excellent time management skills to succeed in this role.
Please note a satisfactory enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

About Us:
Rays of Sunshine is an award-winning national charity that brightens the lives of seriously ill young people and their families by granting wishes and providing ongoing support in hospital and within the community. Every day of the year the charity gives brave and deserving children across the UK the chance to put their illness on hold and do something they have previously only dreamed of.

Location: London N3. Hybrid working arrangements, which align with the needs of the role, will be considered.

Contract Type: Fixed Term, 9 months (maternity cover)
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week, although part time hours of 30+ will be considered.
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum depending on experience, plus unlimited annual leave

You may have experience of the following: Head of Services, Care Manager, Care Service Manager, Residential Care Manager, Social Care Manager, Deputy Care Home Manager, Deputy Manager, Deputy Residential Home Manager, Registered Manager, Budget Management, Service Manager, Project Management, Safeguarding, Charity, Not for Profit, etc.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of London s leading mental health charities focused on supporting people with mental health problems achieve wellbeing through meaningful and sustained employment.

Over their 26-year history, Twining Enterprise have helped over 10,000 Londoners with mental health problems significantly improve their situation and reap the benefits of a fully engaged life. Having grown significantly over the past four years and now called into action to respond to elevated mental health and employment challenges faced by many as a result of COVD-19, Twining Enterprise are looking for a talented Service Director to join the charity and lead their flagship IPS Works programme. This role will be central to helping drive forward their ambitious strategy to reach more beneficiaries in ever more impactful ways and lead key services in West London.

Twining Enterprise are looking for a Service Director to join the team on a fixed term basis until June 2023 with possibilities for extension

Twining Enterprise Service Director

Location: London with flexibility/homeworking to be agreed

Salary: £40,600 - £43,852 + benefits per annum dependent on skills and experience

Contract: Fixed-term to June 2023 with possibility for extension.

This will be an ideal role for someone who wants to make a significant difference to the lives of Londoners with mental health problems It will enable the successful candidate to further develop in their leadership through working in a face-spaced, diverse and developmental environment. You will have significant talent and experience in leading and managing services and contracts to achieve impactful results.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 31st January 2022
Interview: TBC

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall at Harris Hill via the apply button.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Home Based: London

Job reference: 180

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £35,000.00 per annum, plus London Weighting £3,182.00 per annum + Benefits

Due to the nature of the role and In line with legislation, the successful candidate will need to confirm and demonstrate that they are fully COVID-19 vaccinated, or be able to provide certified medical exemption.

Giving people a voice – and making sure it’s heard – is something POhWER does every day. We’re all about promoting equality, challenging unfairness and giving disadvantaged and vulnerable people access to high quality information, advice and advocacy services. POhWER is a registered charity that provides a range of services across the UK.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Manager who will be responsible for the management of service delivery across the London team to ensure POhWER services are delivered to a consistently high standard to meet the needs of POhWER’s beneficiaries.

As a Community Manager at POhWER you will support the Head of Service for South East and London in ensuring safe and efficient operational delivery of services to our beneficiaries by leading, empowering and motivating your team of advocates. .

You will be part of the POhWER leadership forum and support your team of advocates through role modelling our values and positive behaviours. You will promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and good practice in wellbeing into everything we do, ensuring our people can feel part of the team and can operate at their best.

You will lead the advocates in one of our London teams in the operational management of beneficiary led advocacy services and be responsible for the provision of quality empowerment services to our beneficiaries. This role will also support the Head of Service to identify the potential opportunities for service development thorough identification of unmet beneficiary need.

You will be a confident positive collaborative leader with strong written and oral communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively at all levels in a professional and confident manner. You will be a team player, with excellent problem solving skills and the ability to think creatively, whilst being customer and results focused.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid once in the London area border.

We apologise in advance, that if you do not hear back from us within two weeks of the closing date then please presume that you have been unsuccessful.

Qualifications & Experience

• Knowledge and experience in the delivery of information, advice and advocacy services.
• Good IT skills.
• Experience of delivering client-facing services in the public or third sector.

Special Requirements:

• Your work must be within reasonable daily travelling distance of your home
• You will be required to attend events and meetings at sites other than your home office
• An enhanced DBS check will be required.
• You will be required to travel across the local area.
• You should be able to work outside normal hours occasionally when required.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline 9am, Monday 24th January 2022. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria if you hold a current driving licence and have access to your own vehicle and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected] .net quoting reference 180.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 24th January 2022

Interviews: To be confirmed

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Title: Senior Project Manager (Branding)

Salary: £45,000 - £52,000

Hours/Contract: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: 18 month Fixed Term Contract

Based: Home-Based or Hybrid Working within the UK depending on candidate preference (various location options across the UK)

Interview date: TBC

Marie is Curie is the leading provider of end of life care in the UK. The impact of our existing services on people's experience at end of life is significant. During 2018/19, we helped more than 50,000 people with our services, including hospices, nursing services, helper and companion services, and information and support. 98% of the people we supported rate us highly.

However, we're currently only reaching 10% of people at the end of life in the UK and the need for our work has never been greater: every 5 minutes someone in the UK dies without getting the care and support they need. We need to build on our excellent services and change the way we work to extend our reach and impact and ensure everyone has the best possible experience at the end of life. We are currently undergoing an extensive transformation which will enable us to support many more people across the UK and beyond through death, dying and bereavement. A key strategic pillar of our North Star vision is increasing the clarity and distinctiveness of the Marie Curie brand and we are looking for a Project Manager to support this work.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience shaping and controlling complex, enterprise spanning, strategic initiatives into detailed project plans for multi-workstream delivery to achieve business outcomes;
• Ability to build working relationships with sponsors, business stakeholders, business SMEs, volunteers, partners and suppliers;
• Proven experience at leading colleagues through cultural change and gaining commitment to the new;
• Proven experience of delivering changes to digital and physical assets;
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills;
• Proven ability to identify and manage dependencies, risks and issues to ensure successful delivery;
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills

What's in it for you:

• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

About Us
Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We're a passionate, committed, and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance, and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it's our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

Dear Candiate,

For over 40 years, The ClementJames Centre has been offering local people the skills, knowledge, opportunities and support they need to achieve their potential. We have come a long way since our founding days – from a straightforward homework club to a well-established community support charity, transforming the lives of close to 3,000 people each year. Our dedicated staff team is essential to the success of everything we do. Together, we work towards a fairer society where everyone is empowered to release their potential and live fulfilled lives. Working at The ClementJames Centre you will be at the forefront of positive social change, helping local children and adults to grow and succeed.

The Community Hub is a large team delivering a variety of programmes with a wide-ranging reach. To build capacity within the team, now and for the future, we are introducing two Community Hub Manager roles who will each line manage half the team and take strategic responsibility for two of the programmes, as well as having an additional organisational-wide responsibility. If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to release their potential and live fulfilled lives and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.

Hannah Starr

Interim Chief Executive

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We have begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

Are you an experienced project manager? Do you enjoy managing large complex projects? Can you author meaningful project documentation, track interdependencies and deliver communications that inspire and inform, in a really human and straight forward way? Can you lead project teams? Are you excited to use your talents to help Girlguiding meet its objectives and help girls have amazing experiences?

Girlguiding is recruiting for a project manager to drive forward a large scale creative project across the organisation. This important role will lead on the planning, delivery and overall management of this key project, working collaboratively with colleagues across our organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Girlguiding as we embark on year three of our new strategy and portfolio of change initiatives. We’re looking for someone with experience of managing complex, multi work-package projects in a structured (ideally, creative) environment. Formal qualification is desirable, but experience is what counts. We’re particularly keen to hear from people with strong interpersonal, leadership and budget management skills who are used to driving the shaping of projects amongst many stakeholders. Practical experience of working in a creative production environment or agency is a bonus but not essential.

The role is based in the transformation portfolio management office (PMO) and will work across the portfolio, mainly on creative projects; reporting to the portfolio office manager while being an active team member in the brand, marketing and communications department. This exciting role is focussed on managing a large-scale transformation project while contributing to smaller portfolio initiatives.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change – improving attitudes towards mental health. While Girlguiding’s young members may be girl only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or mental), gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, offering hybrid working and providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

Who we are

UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. Our mission is to find social entrepreneurs with bold solutions to today’s challenges. Through funding and support, we help them to realise their potential and creating lasting change.

UnLtd’s vision is a future where enterprising people are transforming our world for good. To enable this, we are committed to developing an eco-system of support to make it easier for those who need help to find it.

UnLtd values diversity and is committed to inclusion and understanding intersectionality. These are more than just buzz words for us. They are principles guiding how we build our teams, support leaders, empower social entrepreneurs and create an organisation that is the right fit for every person.

To support an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their lived experiences and ideas, we have embedded an equity and inclusion group within UnLtd giving us a wide range of different perspectives in our work to help us see what is most needed in society.  We are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic, LGBTQIA, those with a disability, impairment, learning difference, those with caring responsibilities, from a less advantaged socioeconomic background as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce.

About the role

Location: Due to Covid-19, this is initially an agile role so you can be based anywhere in the UK. Once we start to re-open our offices for staff, you are welcome to use one of the UnLtd office hubs in London, Bradford or Birmingham, or a satellite office in Scotland or Northern Ireland. We welcome applications from anywhere across the UK and are open to discuss flexible working, including working from home. Please note as this role covers the UK some travel will be required.

As a Social Entrepreneur Support Manager, you will be responsible for delivering market-leading and inclusive support to social entrepreneurs in order to maximise their social impact in the access to employment space and improve the opportunities for individuals and reduce inequalities in the UK.

Each year you will work with colleagues to provide support to innovative entrepreneurs at different stages of their journey, from ideation to scale, and deliver a varied package of support to entrepreneurs that includes funding, peer support, consultancy, networking and coaching. 

You will also play a role in finding the most impactful social entrepreneurs from across the UK and developing a diverse pipeline of applicants, 50% of whom will be disabled or from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. 

You will become a champion of equitable employment and co-create the development of our support offer in the access to employment space. This will include building internal knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by those marginalised in the labour market and the solutions that social entrepreneurs are providing, increasing our visibility and reputation across the sector as leaders in this space, and expanding our networks to increase our reach and embed our offer within the ecosystem.

This role will be part of our Access to Employment team, will report into the Impact Lead who manages this area and following UnLtds strategy refresh of Ambition 2025 will be key in delivering the following 2 goals:

1. Work with the most impactful social entrepreneurs in communities across the UK who embody our values and principles.
2. Provide market leading support to social entrepreneurs to collectively build a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable society

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

Application Closing Date: Friday 28th January 2022 at 12pm

Interview Arrangements:

• First round of interviews: Tuesday 8th February 2022
• Final round interviews: Friday 18th February 2022

UnLtd is committed to offering employment opportunities for people with criminal convictions. As a result, we will only ask you about any criminal convictions at initial offer stage. Your information will be treated fairly and confidentially and will not automatically exclude you from the role that you have applied for.

Do you have proven senior level experience of project managing cross-organisational campaigns or projects in an income generating environment, plus an understanding of all of the challenges that come with it? Then join Shelter as a Senior Project Manager and you could soon be responsible for managing a programme of work that aims to improve our fundraising activity in the future.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
You will be part of the Planning & Project Management Team that’s responsible for improving our Income Generation directorate’s approach to integrated and cross-organisational working. We do this by leading and project managing major income generation projects of strategic importance, such as our winter fundraising campaign. We also identify and equip the directorate with the tools they need to make cross-organisational working the default approach to everything we do. This is an incredibly exciting time for us, not least as we’re starting the next phase of our strategic plan and have ambitious growth targets for Income Generation over the next few years. You’ll help set us on the right trajectory to achieve them.

About the Role
Your challenge will be to ensure the programme is fully integrated charity wide, harness the talents of the people we have in each team, identify new opportunities and work with colleagues to make things happen. First though, you’ll need to set up a cross-organisational project group to deliver the programme of work and set the terms of reference for the group. The programme will have three distinct workstreams, all of which will be interdependent with each other and also with other works teams across Shelter. You’ll be responsible for the sequencing of these workstreams to ensure outputs, learnings and deliverables are fed in at the right time. Managing stakeholder relationships with colleagues from across Shelter to ensure all teams are kept up-to-date with the project and its outputs will be important too, as will ensuring our anti-racism plan is embedded in everything we do. You’ll also play a key role in the cultural shift within Income Generation towards enabling us to feel like we’re doing the best work of our lives.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
To succeed, you’ll need experience of coordinating multiple workstreams to deliver something that’s greater than the sum of its parts. You’ll also need a can-do attitude and the ability to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment. Comfortable working within a matrix team and used to identifying, managing and mitigating risk to ensure successful project delivery, experience using project management tools such as Gantt charts, Airtable, RAPID and risk registers is also essential. What’s more, you’re highly collaborative, flexible, diplomatic and assertive, with good influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. Crucially, you’re adept at switching between the fine detail and bigger picture and just know how to develop strong working relationships and get things done.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.