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London’s Air Ambulance Charity continues to develop a supportive and enabling environment that gets the best out of our people. We promote a culture of progression and professional advancement offering a range of learning and development opportunities. In addition we offer flexible working options, wellbeing packages and family friendly employment policies.
This is an exciting time to join London’s Air Ambulance Charity. We are in the midst of the largest appeal in our history aiming to raise £15 million by Autumn 2024 to replace our two helicopters, and at the end of the year we will be launching our new 15-year strategy which will set the direction for the service until our 50th anniversary.
The role is offered on permanent, hybrid basis and is responsible for delivering the website strategy to support online presence, functionality and to grow digital performance. You will join the lively and passionate MarComms team, which is firmly integrated within our Fundraising Department, as the first point of contact for all website-related activity, advising teams and supporting campaign planning wherever website integration is required.
You will have experience in a similar role and hold in-depth knowledge and experience of current digital trends, tactics and strategy to be able to advise on digital approaches. You will have passion and enthusiasm for the work of London’s Air Ambulance Charity and hold strong communication skills with a flexible approach to work.
If you think this role is for you, apply today or contact us for more information.
We pride ourselves on our dedication to being an employer that values diversity, we firmly believe that each team member can provide a unique perspective and valuable contribution to the lives of the people we serve, applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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This role will support the delivery of our Impact and Evaluation strategy. This area of our work helps us to understand the impact of our grantmaking and creates and evaluates internal and external datasets to improve our work. Our Impact and Evaluation portfolio includes commissioning and undertaking new research, supporting our aim to publish studies on issues that affect children and young people living in poverty.
We are a growing charity and our Impact and Evaluation department has a key role to play in the strategic and operational development of the charity as it grows. This role will support the delivery of that aim by working closely with the Impact and Evaluation Manager.
Responsibilities:
Data Collection: Assist with the collection and storage of research and survey data, including demographic data and outcomes indicators, employing quantitative and qualitative methods. Gather and engage with external open and government datasets.
Database Administration: Retrieve and analyse datasets from internal databases, responding to requests for data from the team. Update and enter data into key dashboards to monitor trends and issues.
Data Analysis: Assist with data analysis tasks, including cleaning and analysing quantitative data using software (e.g., Excel, PowerBI), as well as coding and analysing qualitative data using thematic analysis techniques.
Reporting and Presentations : Assist with the preparation of key reports, dashboards, and presentations summarising key findings, trends, and insights from impact and evaluation activities for fundraising purposes, including developing content for social media.
Evaluation Planning: Assist the implementation of evaluation plans for specific programs or initiatives. Contribute to planning large-scale projects, including the selection of appropriate evaluation methods, data collection tools, and evaluation frameworks.
Survey Administration: Assist with the design, administration, and analysis of surveys to gather feedback from grantees, staff, and other stakeholders. Monitor and act on grantee feedback, sharing relevant results with key staff.
Research Administration: Schedule and undertake interviews/focus groups, supported by the I&E Manager. Manage administrative activities such as contact with participants, transcription and coding.
Collaboration: Support the I&E Manager to collaborate with internal staff, research partners, and organisations in the sector to support evaluation activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Can you tell our story?
Freshwater Habitats Trust is a national wildlife conservation charity that’s dedicated to reversing the decline in freshwater biodiversity. For more than 35 years, we’ve been protecting and restoring the whole freshwater environment, but with a particular focus on small waterbodies, which have been traditionally undervalued despite their importance for wildlife.
We’re looking for a talented and experienced writer and content creator to share our passion for freshwater. The Content Officer will create high-quality, on-brand written, visual, and video content to share our scientific research and practical conservation work across our website, social media, and other platforms.
You’ll work with our growing team to help us communicate our strategy of building the Freshwater Network - a national network of wilder, wetter, cleaner, connected habitats to reverse the decline in freshwater biodiversity.
Please send the application form as well as your CV
No agencies, please.
Interview date: 12th June 2024
Freshwater is our passion. Together, we can make a difference for wildlife.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Community Advice Works is an established community charity based in New Cross in South
East London. As the only charity in the London Borough of Lewisham offering a general
drop-in advice service, we are a critical source of support to vulnerable residents. We have
built a strong reputation within the Borough for providing high quality, independent, person-
centred welfare and housing advice. The organisation employs several part-time staff and
has a team of volunteers. In addition to providing advice we currently deliver a domestic
violence project at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital.
Like many charities in the advice sector, CAW is going through a process of change. We are
looking for an experienced and community-driven individual with a strong set of managerial
and interpersonal skills, preferably with a background in advice work, to maintain the strong
structures and reputation for excellence that we have developed.
As service manager, you will work with our friendly staff and trustee team to deliver our vital
service. We pride ourselves on providing a flexible, inclusive and rewarding work
environment, and are parent-friendly. Our community links and reputation are very important
to us, and we are looking for a service manager who shares our commitment to community
and public service - whether your experience is the public, private or charity sector.
Key duties
- Staff and volunteer management
- Line manage staff by providing support and supervision as needed, conducting regular performance reviews, and identifying staff training needs
- Oversee recruitment, training, and management of volunteers to ensure they are properly supported and equipped to help meet CAW’s service goals
Service delivery
- Ensure high quality and timely service delivery in line with the Service Level Agreements with our various service partners
- Identify any issues with service delivery and help develop cost-effective solutions to them as appropriate
- Compile and maintain accurate statistics on service performance to share with funders and CAW trustees
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with our key service partners through regular engagement, including attendance at regular service partnership meetings
- Engage regularly with our funders and other key stakeholders to build and maintain positive working relationships, and provide them with timely reporting on our service performance as needed
- Update service level agreements with existing funders, and draft new agreements as needed
- Interact with clients as needed in a friendly and professional manner
Administration and Finance
- Ensure day-to-day administrative processes are functioning smoothly, and that necessary policies and procedures are up to date
- Line manage work of receptionist/administrative support worker
Fundraising and Marketing
- Help identify new funding and other revenue-raising opportunities
- Support the work of the fundraising sub-committee in preparing funding applications
- Work with trustees and external vendors to ensure CAW website is kept up-to-date
- Work with trustees and external vendors (as appropriate) to develop a social media presence for CAW
- Identifying and supporting efforts to increase CAW’s profile in the local community and to build relationships with key local stakeholders as appropriate Governance
- Prepare monthly reports for the trustees on service performance
- Maintain good lines of communication with trustees on all operational matters
- Attend trustee board meetings as needed
Person specification
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a managerial role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including ability to manage a diverse range of working relationships in an effective, empathetic but professional manner
- Experience of working in a busy environment, managing competing work pressures and prioritising tasks appropriately to ensure key deadlines are met
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience preparing reports and compiling service statistics
- Ability to think strategically, to identify problems and devise effective solutions
- Ability to work on own initiative, within established practices and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of advice work
- Experience with fundraising
- Experience with financial management in the charitable sector
- Knowledge and experience of the local community and voluntary sector in Lewisham
About the role
- Job Title: Justice Programme Manager
- Location: Remote/Hybrid/Nottingham
- Salary: £40,000 p/a based on 35 hours per week
- Fixed term contract for two years
Headway is seeking a new Justice Programme Manager who will expand the current services to have a greater impact on police and probation services, improving knowledge and understanding and the support offenders with brain injuries receive.
We want someone who can both oversee the existing projects, such as our brain injury ID cards, whilst expanding the services in line with our new strategy, due to launch in the summer of 2024.
What will you do:
- Develop and implement a strategy for Headway’s work within the criminal justice system.
- Work with and develop key relationships across, police, probation services to improve knowledge and systems for offenders with brain injuries.
- Develop new justice related projects, including working with Headway’s fundraising team, to generate new income to expand the services.
- Work with the network of local Headway charities, to expand their work, within the justice system.
- Manage and deliver Headway’s justice related training initiatives.
- Oversee the successful delivery of Headway UK’s Brain Injury ID Card, including the line management of the project lead.
About you
We’re open-minded & welcome all applicants who believe they can succeed. Though ideally, you will:
- Have a passion for improving lives for brain injury survivors, within the criminal justice system.
- Have substantial experience of working within the criminal justice system.
- Be able to operate at both a strategic and an operational level, with experience of planning and delivering a range of projects and programmes.
- Have experience of generating income, from statutory and governmental bodies, such as HMPPS.
- Be an excellent communicator with experience of building partnerships within the criminal justice system.
Benefits
As a staff member at Headway UK you’ll have access the following range of benefits;
Financial Security
- Competitive Salaries
- Pension - You’ll be automatically be enrolled into the Pensions People with Headway contributing between 5 – 8%
- Occupational Sick Pay Scheme – Increasing with length of service.
- Death in Service Benefit - You’ll have the security of knowing if anything happens to you your loved ones will be provided for
Flexible Working
- Remote working – For the majority of our roles we can facilitate fully remote or hybrid working.
- We understand that a healthy work-life balance is essential for our team to thrive. Headway UK offers flexible working arrangements, promoting well-being and ensuring you can take care of yourself while you care for others.
Wellbeing
- You’ll benefit from a fully comprehensive 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including access to counselling services.
- Eye Test Vouchers
- Mental Health First Aiders
Holidays and leave
- You’ll get 25 days leave incrementally increasing to 30 days based on service plus Bank Holidays.
Benefits
- You’ll have access to a range of shopping and lifestyle benefits and discounts through our IMHR Plus Privilege membership.
About us
Headway UK plays a pivotal role in supporting individuals and families affected by brain injuries. Our comprehensive services encompass rehabilitation, counselling, and practical assistance to help survivors regain independence and improve their quality of life. Headway UK is at the forefront of raising awareness about the challenges faced by those with brain injuries and advocates for their rights, ensuring they receive the care and understanding they deserve. Through a combination of educational initiatives, community outreach, and personalised support, Headway UK strives to rebuild lives, offering a lifeline to those navigating the complexities of brain injury recovery.
Embark on a fulfilling career with Headway UK and join our compassionate team and contribute to our mission of rebuilding lives after brain injury. Make a meaningful impact with Headway UK, where every role plays a crucial part in empowering those on the path to recovery.
Safeguarding
At Headway UK we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow best practice as set out within the Care Act 2014. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruiting procedures and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks including a criminal background check and two satisfactory references.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We recognise, value and champion diversity and inclusion. We want to ensure are staff population reflect the diverse service users that we support. For us diversity and inclusion is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. Inclusion means providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
We are also committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.
Please don’t hesitate to drop us an email if you need support with the application or you would like a chat about what it’s like to work with us.
Thank you for your interest in Headway UK and we look forward to getting to know you!
Next steps
- Closing date: Wednesday 15 May 2024 at midnight
- Interview: Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking to recruit a HOPELINE247 Manager to enable the delivery of an outstanding suicide prevention helpline, through the effective management of HOPELINE247 advisers, alongside the promotion and development of the service.
What you will do:
Provide leadership, guidance, and effective line management to a team of suicide prevention advisers.
Ensure a consistent and high-quality service is delivered through effective quality assurance processes.
Manage staffing and resources effectively to ensure the efficient running of the helpline service.
Risk assess and provide advice and guidance to the team, in relation to safeguarding matters, in line with policy and procedures.
Provide ad hoc rota cover to support a range of clients via multi-channel communications, adhering to HOPELINE247 remit at all times.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
A proven track record of building and managing an effective team, supporting their development and managing their performance.
Previous experience of building, developing and managing effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in the community, voluntary, statutory and political settings.
Previous successful experience of working in suicide prevention or mental health.
Awareness of the issues around safeguarding and how these can affect young people and adults at risk.
Degree level or a professional qualification in Health, Nursing, Social Work, Community Work or a related discipline.
Salary: £34,224 per annum (Scale point 29), progressing by increments to £36,869.25 per annum (Scale point 32). As a night shift worker, you will receive an additional allowance of £10 per night shift. This will be paid on a monthly basis along with the salary.
Hours: 33 hours per week
Working arrangements: This role will work shifts starting at 10:25pm and finishing at 07:40am. Shifts will be on a rota bases across a 7-day working week. 33 hours will be based upon working 4 nights shifts per week.
Location: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: You will receive 28 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time workers), an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.
Closing date: Midnight 6th May 2024
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.
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Hackney Foodbank is looking for a Volunteer Manager to join their team 2 days per week (14 hours).
Purpose and Key Responsibilities:
The Volunteer Manager role is responsible for recruiting, engaging and deploying volunteers into a wide variety of roles across the charity.
- Work with the Warehouse Manager and Food Distribution teams to support the recruitment journey and retention of volunteers. Encourage people to volunteer through a variety of marketing and promotion approaches, including social media and working with our Communications and Fundraising team to develop a strategy for volunteers. Develop, coordinate, and engage a network of around 150 active volunteers. Book and signpost volunteers to relevant and engaging volunteer training sessions. Work with the Warehouse Manager and Head of Food Distribution and Volunteering to resolve any volunteering related issues or complaints. Proactively liaise with the staff team to determine volunteer requirements, select volunteers for the right roles and match them to the right people, considering preferences and restrictions on both sides. Provide advice and guidance to volunteers about their matched relationship (with support from the wider team) and highlight safeguarding concerns as appropriate. Work effectively to ensure volunteers feel part of Hackney Foodbank. Support the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of our services.
- Gathering volunteer feedback and take appropriate steps for improvement.
- Manage the Assemble platform and implement the annual Peakon volunteer survey, and implement the recommendations resulting from the survey.
- Ensure the wellbeing of the volunteers, including good communication and arranging a minimum of two volunteer events a year.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- A minimum of three years’ experience of coordinating, managing or supervising a team of volunteers, to deliver a range of service delivery tasks.
- Experience working within the voluntary community and/or charity sector.
- Experience or aptitude to manage and deliver induction and training courses.
- Committed to building an inclusive culture in which all volunteers are valued.
- Ability to work under own initiative with minimal supervision, accuracy and attention to detail and to prioritise workload to meet all agreed deadlines.
- Reliable and adaptable, able to respond to changing priorities
- Ability to deal with information in a confidential manner, respond with sensitivity to the opinions of others and address any issues raised in a fair and consistent manner
- Good standard of written and spoken English, including the ability to write materials without errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation
- Strong organisational skills; ability to identify all key steps and resources needed to complete a task and to manage a wide range of tasks concurrently
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a small team and maintain communications where members of that team are working different flexible days and hours
- A proactive approach to work with a ‘can do’ attitude
- Calm, professional, pragmatic, reliable and resilient personal attributes
- Computer literacy including ability to use online tools and learn new software with minimal ongoing support, create/edit documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, maintain records and produce clear written and oral reports.
- Commitment to the ethos and values of Hackney Foodbank including the extensive provision of services to high professional standards by volunteers, minimising the food bank’s impact on the environment, and the unfailing delivery of advertised services to all visitors equitably, with dignity and compassion.
- Flexibility in terms of working hours according to volunteers’ and Hackney Foodbank’s needs.
- A keen attention to detail and a commitment to achieving high standards in every aspect of Hackney Foodbank’s work.
Desirable:
- Relevant professional qualification
- Experience of using a CRM or equivalent database
Candidates without a covering letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you a dynamic and creative individual passionate about crafting impactful communication strategies?
Do you want to make a real difference in children's and young people's lives?
If so, we have a unique opportunity for you to join our team as our Communications and Marketing Manager.
At the Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation, we are entering a phase of development and growth with a new three-year strategy. As we expand our reach and impact, we require a talented and dedicated individual to help us tell our story and engage with our community. As our Communications and Marketing Manager, your role will be instrumental in shaping our narrative and driving engagement, significantly impacting our mission to support children and young people.
Leading our communications, you will play a vital role in shaping our messaging and driving engagement with our purpose and offer. You will work closely with our team to develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy that reaches a broad audience and inspires action. With responsibility for creating content for our website, social media channels, and other marketing materials, you can showcase your skills and creativity in developing engaging content that resonates with diverse audiences.
The ideal candidate will possess experience in communications, marketing, or a related field and have excellent writing, editing, and interpersonal skills. You should be a creative thinker with a keen eye for detail, capable of developing innovative communication strategies that inspire and connect with our community.
Joining our organisation means being part of a small team that makes a big difference. We encourage you to apply today if you are looking for a role that allows you to use your skills, experience, and passion to make a real impact. Your work will directly contribute to our mission of supporting children and young people through our Membership organisations, which makes this more than just a job but a meaningful endeavour. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to join our team and be part of something extraordinary!
Support our Membership to provide meaningful and memorable opportunities for young people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key Information:
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Position: Marketing and Fundraising Manager
Contract: Permanent (up to two days from home per week)
Pay: £35,000-£38,000
Location: St Nicholas House, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, L2 8TX
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Closing date for applications: 26th April 2024
Interview date: 10th May 2024
Start Date: ASAP
About Options
At Options for Supported Living we support people with learning disabilities, autism and acquired brain injuries to live their lives to the full.
We work hard to create a better world where people with disabilities contribute to their communities as unique and valued members. Through the support we give, we enable people to make decisions for themselves and live lives full of friends, family, people they love, community, health, and purpose. The same as anyone.
And we don’t stop there. We’re committed to speaking out about the things that matter most within social care. Through our community we give people a voice, working together to create a lasting impact.
The role
It’s an exciting time to join Options as we focus on income generation to drive sustainable growth for the future. Working through a team, the Marketing & Fundraising Manager is instrumental in supporting Options vision and mission through clear strategic marketing, fundraising delivery as well as monitoring and reporting on its impact.
Key responsibilities
1.Ensure the development of a clear marketing and fundraising plan aligned with our strategic objectives and target audience to drive brand awareness, engagement, and income.
2.Work alongside agency partners to plan, execute and monitor integrated marketing and fundraising campaigns across on and offline channels.
3.Ensure brand consistency and integrity, including tone of voice across all marketing materials and communications.
4.Create engaging and compelling content including articles, blogs, videos, and graphics to promote our support and expertise and raise awareness of key campaigning topics.
5.Maintain a database of supporter, donors, and potential funders, maintaining accurate records that are kept up to date and information handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act and GDPR regulations.
6.Ensure donor effective stewardship journeys are followed.
7.Maintain online fundraising platforms, social media feeds and associated communications tools alongside the Marketing Officer.
8.Lead, motivate and support the marketing team: Marketing Officer, Fundraising Coordinator, and Social Media Apprentice.
9.Oversee website content management ensuring, blogs, stories, and events are relevant and in line with our marketing and fundraising strategy.
10.Work alongside other departments such as the Community, Recruitment, and Finance Team to ensure the organisation runs smoothly.
11.Collect feedback from people we support, families and staff to ensure the continued development of the marketing and fundraising strategy.
12.Look for opportunities to increase our network of contacts, stakeholders, and volunteers.
13.Support the Leadership Team in improving internal communication and brand alignment of all staff and people associated with Options.
14.Working alongside the leadership team to ensure that one-off projects are completed on time and accurately.
15.Remain up to date with current marketing trends to influence and remain relevant in a widely competitive third-sector market.
16.Prepare reports for the leadership team and Options trustees on project targets and outcomes.
17.Attend relevant meetings and work within Options, values and beliefs, policies, and procedures.
18.Represent Options at events as required.
Experience
1.Experience of professional fundraising, or similar experience in a marketing, sales, or business development environment.
2.Track record of setting and achieving income targets.
3.Experience of managing people.
Qualifications
It is desirable to have a relevant professional qualification – Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) or Chartered Institute of Fundraising (IoF) - or working towards.
Skills
·Working within the values of Options.
·Accessible language skills – it is essential that you have strong verbal and written communication skills and that our communication is accessible for the people we support and the general population; an understanding Easy Read guidance and inclusive language would be preferred.
·Relevant and up-to-date IT skills, knowledge of digital channels and how they can be used to gain and promote social care and the third sector.
·Have a good eye for design.
·Have excellent attention to detail.
·Confident and capable organiser.
·Good networking skills.
·Delegator and able to prioritise.
·Have a positive attitude and integrity.
·Able to work confidently when required.
·Have a desire to get things done proactively and purposefully.
Summary of Terms:
Salary
£35,000
Working hours
37.5 hours (with up to two days working from home)
Contract Type
Hybrid, Permanent
Annual leave
33 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
Sickness
5 days (one calendar week) full pay per year (after the first 6 months of service) and after a waiting period of 3 days.
Car
40p per mile (when additional travel is required to carry out work for Options)
Training
Options will support the post holder in pursuing their development.
Pension
5% Subject to eligibility, we will automatically enrol you into our nominated pension scheme after you have worked for us for three months. You can opt-out if you do not wish to be in Scheme. If you do not opt out, we will deduct your contributions to the pension scheme from what we pay you. Current details of the Scheme and your rights relating to it, and of your and our contributions, will be provided to you separately.
Based at
St Nicholas House, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, L2 8TX
Benefits:
- Blue Light Discount & reimbursement
- Arriva Travel Club
- Cycle to work
- Fix your bike voucher
- Learn to drive
- Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme)
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Training paid for
- 02 Open
- Medicash
- £250 refer a friend scheme
- Company events
- Training & development
How to apply:
If you are interested in joining our team, please hit the apply button. We look forward to hearing from you!
Kindly provide a cover letter illustrating the alignment of our values with your own. Additionally, share insights into a successful campaign you've been part of, highlighting your role and impact.
All successful applicants are subject to a DBS and pre-employment checks.
We currently do not hold a sponsorship licence, therefore are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Bladder Health UK (BHUK) is a small national charity that has developed significantly over the last 10 years. We are now looking for a part-time charity manager who can continue this journey. The role gives a rare opportunity to someone who is enthusiastic to make a difference in this unique space and have a significant impact on both sufferers and healthcare professionals. As charity manager you will need a varied skillset including being able to build and nurture relationships, manage a small team of staff, develop new income streams, create, and develop imaginative projects and use innovative technology to boost the aims and objectives of the charity.
What you would do
Account management of existing and new relationships in the charity sector. • Research and write grant applications. • Support in making decisions and advise on the charity spend. • Work with the BHUK team to tell the story of ‘Bladder Health UK’ via its communication channels. • Support hosting and organising charity events. • Manage the general cashflow for the charity including reporting from a finance perspective. • Work on a multitude of projects throughout the year. • Outreach to relevant charities that the charity wants to work with and build long lasting, meaningful relationships with them. •. • Maintain all contracts, mailing lists, ensuring IT systems are kept up to date, and are compliant. • Manage ongoing governance of the charity, including developing and maintaining policy documents such as our grant making policy, conflict of interest processes, procedures and register, risk management policy and register. • Maintain charity commission register records. You will also be expected to be able to provide and present regular reports to the Trustees on the finance and operational activity of the charity.
To succeed in this post, it is essential that you have:
- Have been involved in charity campaign work previously.
- Have experience in charity operations and governance.
- Have sales /marketing/fundraising experience.
- Be able to multi-task in a busy environment.
- Can demonstrate effective communication skills with ability to liaise with different audiences and be effective at developing long-lasting relationships.
- Evidence that you are highly organised and great with time management.
- Have experience developing social media, websites, and webinars to promote, inform and educate.
It would be desirable that you:
- Have either a clinical background or experience in urology issues.
- Are passionate about making a difference and are willing to understand how amazing our members, volunteers and supporters are.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Finance Manager is responsible for the day to day operation, management & control of the finance function, including the completion of all finance tasks including financial & management accounting. Reports directly to the Executive Director.
The post holder will have ambition and enthusiasm to drive change in the department to meet the needs of an evolving organisation.They will need experience of working closely with budget holders and ensuring financial processes are embedded.
The Finance Manager is responsible for the day to day operation, accuracy and integrity of the financial accounting systems within the organisation. They are responsible for producing monthly accounts, undertaking variance analysis and implementing financial controls
Responsibilities
Annual Audit
• Overseeing the preparation of the annual audit pack and the statutory audit process.
• Management of the annual audit, liaising with BFT’s auditors.
Financial Planning
• Work as necessary with the Executive Director in drawing up annual company budgets, production budgets, annual operating plans and cash-flows, and long-term financial planning.
Monthly Management Accounts
• Report against annual budget on a monthly basis.
• Accuracy and completeness of data input
• Maintaining Purchase ledger and supplier information.
• Supplier payments.
• Petty cash payments, control, reconciliation and filing.
• Assisting on the export and creation of financial reporting.
Reporting and Accounts
• All financial accounting duties.
• Production of draft Monthly Management accounts for the Belarus Free Theatre.
Person Specification
They will be a good communicator, with the ability to work with a range of staff across all departments, have excellent analytical and spreadsheet skills, hands on experience as well as a formal accounting qualification (or part qualification) such as AAT or ACCA/CIMA.
Essential
• Full or part qualified ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)
• Experience of Sage Line 50 and Sage payroll
• Excellent and proven IT skills including excel (vlookup, pivot tables etc)
• Accounts preparation to TB and Management Accounts
• A proven track record of managing finance in a small to medium sized organisation
• An understanding of Charity VAT, TTR and PAYE
• Experience of Charity Accounts and SORP
• A good communicator and advocate for the department
• Enthusiastic team player and internal communicator
• Efficient and methodical
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Responsible and reliable
• Ability to work across tight deadlines and manage a diverse workload
Desirable
• Experience of dealing with transactions in other countries
• Experience of production and or project accounting
• Experience of charity and/or arts environment
• Experience of preparation of quarterly VAT return including partial exemption calculations
• 3 years managerial
Request our candidate pack for further details about Belarus Free Theatre and the responsibilities of the role. The Candidate pack is available in audio and BSL formats.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Burnham and Weston Energy CIC is looking for a programme manager to nurture and grow our energy advice service.
The service is delivered by a small team of trained Home Energy Advisors who visit people in their homes to provide advice on how they can save money on their bills and make their homes warmer and healthier to live in. They also install small energy efficiency measures such as LED lights, draft proofing and radiator reflectors. Households are then referred on to further support to help them access welfare payments and grant funding for home upgrades including insulation, boiler replacement and energy efficient appliances.
The current team of 2 Home Energy Advisors have capacity to deliver around 700 home visits per year. We receive referrals from a range of local organisations. We employ a Programme Co-ordinator to manage and generate home visit referrals and bookings, provide follow up support, and manage events and communications.
From this foundation, our growth objectives for the Home Energy Savings service are to:
- Continue to raise awareness of the service amongst local organisations and the public, and increase the number of referrals and vulnerable householders who benefit.
- Grow the team of Home Energy Advisors as demand requires, to at least double the team by the end of 2025.
- Secure additional funding to support the service.
- Develop partnerships which broaden and deepen the ways we can help households, including unlocking funding and support for energy efficiency retrofit.
Role responsibilities
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Manage, mentor and support our team of Home Energy Advisors and the Programme Co-ordinator, and oversee its growth.
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Responsible for team safeguarding, H&S, mental health, team building, mentoring and training;
- Manage the delivery of our Home Energy Saving Service across North Somerset and the former districts of Sedgemoor and West Somerset and Taunton, seeking opportunities to strengthen and grow the service.
- Manage the delivery of grant funder requirements including ensuring KPIs are met, budgets managed and reports provided.
- Manage the delivery of our referral partnership contract with LEAP AgilityEco including ensuring KPIs and contractual requirement are met and that households referred to LEAP receive the best possible support.
- To secure and manage further funding partnerships (such as Redress or MCS funding),
- Responsible for ensuring company policies relating to the advice programme are kept up to date and consistent with requirements or partners. Responsible for ensuring working practice is in accordance with our policies and that risk assessments and management plans are in place and adhered to.
- Manage relationships with organisations referring households to the energy support programme and receiving onward referrals from us.
- Develop partnerships which broaden and deepen the ways we can help households.
- Develop our CRM and IT systems.
- Represent Burnham & Weston Energy at local events and forums, nurture and grow our networks and relationships with local stakeholders and deliver our comms via the website and social media channels.
Essential requiremnts:
- Experience of leading and managing home visit teams including safeguarding, H&S, mental health, risk assessment and management, team building, mentoring and training. Experience of managing front line service teams is more important to us than energy advice experience. We can organise mentoring support from other community energy enterprises who have developed and scaled up local energy advice services.
- Experience of overseeing complex case work.
- Experience of grant programme and service contract management including management of budgets, KPI delivery, reporting and meeting funder requirements.
- Experience of securing grant and service contract funding including applications, contract negotiation and ensuring funding requirements are in place.
- Committed to and rooted in the communities we serve: Weston-super-Mare, Burnham-on-Sea, Highbridge, Mark, Winscombe and the surrounding rural areas.
- Understand the local public, community and private sector landscape and be well networked.
- An ability to bring people together, bring out the best in people and make things happen.
Useful requirements:
- Understand the complex world of energy support funding.
- Experience of being a home energy advisor and/or managing home energy advice teams.
- A track record of business development, ideally in a social enterprise, charity or public service context.
- Competent with communications and social media.
- Confident in network and relationship building.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. That’s why, by 2027, our goal is to have improved the lives of one million older people. Our impact across policy, campaigning, information and advice, grant-making and partnerships improves lives by increasing the financial well-being of older people in financial hardship, enabling greater choice and independence in wider areas of life. We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
This role is an integral part of the day-to-day delivery of our Advice and Support Service, which has been re-shaped and is due to go live in the summer of 2024. The service is targeted at older people in or facing financial hardship, and provides information, advice and follow up support relating to a range of issues, including Welfare Benefits, Social Care and Housing.
As an Adviser (Health Social Care and Housing) you will be responsible for providing specialist support to older people, their families and carers through our advice service with their housing and social care enquiries as well as providing generalist level support on a range of issues through our duty service.
You should have in depth, specialist level knowledge of Health and Social Care or Housing (ideally both) as they relate to older people, experience of working within a high volume advice setting and advice supervision framework such as the AQS framework
For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight. We also are open to this role being worked on a part-time basis on a minimum of 28 hours per week.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age by visiting our website.
Salary information:
Hybrid working in London: £32,682 per year, increasing to £33,600 after 6 months and £34,493 after 12 months Pro-rata if part-time
Homebased (with regular travel to London): £29,453 per year, increasing to £30,267 after 6 months and £31,054 after 12 months. Pro-rata if part-time.
Application Process:
To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows 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. A basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing Date: 6th May
Interview Dates:
First Round: 15th or 16th or, Second Round: 21st May
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Empower Change: Lead operations at a purpose driven, people focused Charity as our new Operations Manager
About Hearts Together
Hearts Together is a Plymouth based charity providing support and accommodation for patients, carers and relatives and also healthcare professionals and trainees working in the local healthcare centres.
Hearts Together has big plans for the future and the role of Operations Manager is key to its success. Our day-to-day operations are extremely busy and we have a number of new projects which are due to come online which is very exciting. Ensuring that we provide a safe and welcoming environment for our guests and our team is hugely important and continuous improvement is at our heart. We are not just looking at what we do today but how we will do things in the future and how we can successfully scale our operation to meet our long-term ambitions.
Hearts Together is an organisation which encourages its team members to actively contribute their thoughts and ideas and to work together to achieve its aims and ambitions. You will be given the space to work autonomously but with the support of your colleagues and line manager when you need us. You will be able to work to your strengths and to share your successes and learning with the wider team who will in turn look to share their experiences and learning with you.
At the heart of all we do are our guests, first and foremost we exist to support them and in your new role you will have the opportunity to get to know our guests first-hand and to make a positive difference to their lives.
The role of Operations Manager sits within the Management Team.
The Role
The role of Operations Manager is critical to the long-term sustainability of the charity and plays a pivotal part in ensuring that we remain both relevant and necessary.
This role involves:
- Oversight and responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of guest services
- Line management and HR responsibility for the operational team
- Oversight and responsibility for health and safety organisation-wide
- Implementation and delivery of new guest services
- Review and development of existing guest services
- IT/technical responsibility – system admin/super-user
- Reporting and responsibility for specific budgets
- Guest/beneficiary satisfaction – ensuring consistently high standard of service and satisfaction is achieved across all areas
- Impact and outcome tracking/reporting
- Training/mentoring/performance management
- Support with grant application preparation and reporting
- Deputising for the CEO in operational matters
- Facilities/estates management
- Stakeholder engagement/relationship management
- Events organisation/support
- Representing Hearts Together externally at networking events, including occasional evening work.
- Travel as required to meet with supporters, beneficiaries and key stakeholders.
Person Specification:
Essential Requirements:
- Strong HR background in terms of leading others and managing HR matters/employee relations
- Demonstrable experience of working to targets and delivering quality outputs collaboratively with others
- Confident and sophisticated communicator
- Strong customer/supporter focus, with excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced customer focused environment
- Financial and business acumen – ability to draft budgets, report on variances and interpret financial data
- Strong report writing skills
- Knowledge and experience of facilities management and health and safety, including food hygiene, risk assessments and policy writing
- Confident and proficient in the use of IT systems as a user admin/super-user level
- Highly motivated, with a strong work ethic
- A team player, happy working within a ‘flat’ hierarchy
Desirable Requirements:
- An undergraduate degree or professional qualification in a relevant field
- Experience within the Charity sector
- Experience of hotel/hospitality management
- Experience within the health/social care sector
Employee Benefits:
- Enhanced annual leave
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Mental wellbeing support
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Free tea and coffee
- Training opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with The Natural History Museum in the recruitment of their new Marketing Manager. This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis and operates a flexible hybrid working model.The Natural History Museum is a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre, caring for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
The Marketing Manager will be responsible for creating and delivering the marketing campaigns for the Museum’s exhibitions and events to achieve visitor and income targets, particularly the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Furthermore, you will manage and motivate the Marketing Executive to develop and implement specific marketing activity for a range of Museum self-generated income businesses and activities including commercial events, licencing, and publishing, delivering to target, budget and schedule.
Additionally, you will lead on paid search marketing for the Museum. This includes, setting the plan, supporting the wider team in delivery, analysing, and reporting on overall results, supporting the team to improve knowledge, and understanding of paid search and driving constant improvements in return on investment.
The Marketing Manager will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Museum including Commercial & Visitor Experience, Marketing, Digital Content, Media and PR and Membership to ensure a joined-up campaign approach. Ultimately, in this role you will combine hands-on delivery of campaigns with data-informed planning, stakeholder engagement and budget management.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have a proven track record of creating and delivering innovative marketing campaigns from ideas generation, content creation, media planning, bought and owned media delivery. As well as experience in writing and delivering engaging content for email and social.This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive working environment supporting a great cause.
At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.