Volunteering & Representation Officer

Contract: Full time, permanent position
Salary: £27,511 - £ 32,817

Location: Based in Milton Keynes (working from home until at least October 2021)

The Organisation

The Open University Students Association serves the interests of around 170,000 part-time and distance-learning students spread across the UK, Europe and beyond. Our role is to represent and support the interests of this vast and extremely diverse community of students. The OU Students Association is an independent registered charity, governed by elected student leaders. Our small team of dedicated, professional staff provide the vital support needed to deliver excellent services across the breadth of our student population.

The Job

As part of the Volunteering and Representation team, the Volunteering and Representation Officer will be involved in working alongside a large group of student volunteers who support the Association in our mission to create a community and be the voice for all students. This is a busy remit, with the need for the successful candidate to be able to hit the ground running to be able to support our students to be effective representatives within the OU governance structure. This role holder will work closely with internal staff and volunteers to establish new volunteer opportunities and identify best practise within both voice and volunteering. The job will be focused on Student Representation for 70% of the role and on supporting wider volunteer recruitment and practise for 30% of the role. The role-holder’s main duties will be supporting the new team of Student Experience Links, organising regular briefings for student representatives and supporting our VP Education to host a monthly online Student Voice Forum, to ensure students are aware of current issues and policies, as well as keeping an awareness of the external Higher Education landscape and supporting reps to provide consistent messaging on behalf of students.

The Person

You will be educated to degree level, with an understanding of representation and volunteering, as well as experience working for a member-led organisation who involve members and volunteers in decision making and shaping service provision. This role will suit an organised individual who enjoys being innovative and solution-focused, exploring new ideas and ways of working to support a large volunteer team remotely. We are looking for someone with an interest in governance, representation and democracy as well as experience working alongside volunteers. You should recognise the differences between volunteers and staff members when running services and events.  We are keen to continue to build a positive and open team culture for our volunteers, so good understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion will be key.

How to apply

No CVs will be accepted. The full the role description and person specification and details to apply is available on the OU Website under general vacancies.
 

Closing date for applications: Friday 06 August 2021, 12noon.

The Open University Students Association is committed to equal opportunities in education and employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

THIS POSITION IS WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AND NOT WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY.

Staffordshire University Students’ Union is the representative body for the 16,500 students of Staffordshire University and provides a wide range of membership and enterprising services for students. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with an annual turnover of almost £4 Million and we employ around 150 staff.

We're looking for a Student Voice Coordinator to join our Student Voice Team, working with all areas of the Charity and our University to build effective representation opportunities for our students, whilst providing direct support for our Officer Team and Student Representatives. 

With responsibility for the delivery of multiple initiatives, supported by the Student Voice Manager, the successful postholder will support the Students' Union to achieve our vision by:

• Being the first point of contact for Student Voice; this will include meeting with students, providing and disseminating information and dealing with queries appropriately; 
• Supporting and developing an appropriate structure for academic representation; 
• Coordinating and supporting the delivery of all elections processes and general meetings in line with the Union's governance structures; 
• Ensuring engagement through representation at our Outreach centres and ensuring that impacts are recorded and delivered; 
• Training, coaching and supporting student representatives involved with Student Voice to give them the employability edge;
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with our key University Stakeholders and Partners.

We are looking for a forward thinking individual with management skills who can balance multiple demands in a changing environment.  They will be keen to work in a membership-led environment, have have excellent organisational and communication skills and a desire to be sector leading in their approach to student engagement in representation, campaigns and democracy.

The Student Voice & Representation Manager is responsible for the management and delivery of our representation, campaigns and democratic functions, they will be focussed on working to enhance the academic and wider student experience, whilst increasing student engagement and ensuring our students’ union is recognised as an effective representative body on campus.

Working to ensure students influence our work and the wider student experience, the post holder will innovate and develop strategies to increase student engagement in democracy and representation and empower the student voice, ensuring it is at the heart of everything we do.  

They will carry out effective and insightful research into the academic and wider student experience and help our student leaders to develop effective campaigns and relevant policy. They will be integral to developing the student voice through union and university committees and will support our Full-time and Part-time Officer teams to engage effectively in these meetings. 

They will also be able to develop influential and effective relationships with key stakeholders and collaborate on projects where Reading University Students' Union has shared goals with other organisations.  They will also work with key University departments and feed into university working groups and communities of practice to support the student voice being heard on campus. 

On a day to day basis, they will manage the work of the Student Voice & Representation Team, to ensure they are performing effectively, providing high quality training and support to our Reps and Officers, consistently supporting student-led projects and campaigns, whilst achieving individual, team, project and organisational goals.  They will manage how the team supports our representation structures and ensure high quality training and support is given to Officers, Reps as well as those taking on non-representative roles. 

We are looking for a dynamic individual with excellent project management and campaign planning skills and has the ability to oversee various projects and deliver high quality support to students.

The Senior Student Engagement Coordinator (Democracy) is a key role within our Student Voice & Representation Team, overseeing the allocation and progress of student-led projects.  You will be supporting students on projects which will enhance and shape their university experience. 

With a focus on increasing student engagement in our democratic processes, you will be integral to developing our democratic structures and lead on promoting these opportunities amongst the student body.  You will also be responsible for the management of student staff working in the team, ensuring that they are able to fully contribute to the success of the team.

Job Purpose

The post holder will allocate projects amongst the team and ensure timely and high quality project support to student-led projects (which may include and events).  They will have organisational oversight of project planning, and monitor and report on progress of key project aims.  Working as part of the team, they will take on responsibility for specific projects and campaigns, acting as Project Staff lead to support students, reps and officers achieve their aims whilst empowering them to create positive change for the benefit of students. 

The post holder will also have specific responsibility for development and delivery of RUSU democratic functions with the aim to increase student engagement.  When required, they will deputise for the Student Voice & Representation Manager and also be responsible for the management of Student Engagement Assistants, ensuring they contribute to the work of the team and actively engage students in democracy, representation and campaigns. 

Staffordshire University Students’ Union is the representative body for the 16,500 students of Staffordshire University and provides a wide range of membership and enterprising services for students. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with an annual turnover of almost £4 Million and we employ around 150 staff.

We're looking for a Duty Venue Manager to join our team of Managers and Team Leaders, to bring fresh new ideas and perspectives to our work. In return, you'll be fully supported to develop your management experiences and competencies including opportunities to achieve formal qualifications in First Aid at Work, Responsible Alcohol Retailing (BII Award for Personal Licence Holders), Food Safety and Hygiene (CIEH) and SIA Personal Licencing.

The successful candidate will support the Students' Union to achieve our Vision by:

• Supporting, supervising and developing a team of Union Team Members and Team Leaders (Casual Employees), with the support of the wider Management Team;
• Working flexibly across multiple venues, including Bar, Restaurant, Coffee Shop and Nightclub environments;
• Promoting the safety and health of our employees and members by working to organisational processes and procedures;
• Supporting the planning and delivery of a varied and diverse enrichment programme, ensuring that events we offer reach the widest possible range of our diverse student population;
• Actively supporting the delivery of quality products and customer service in our Bar, Kitchen and Barista environments;
• Delivering on everyday venue management processes, including keyholder duties, stock takes, kitchen and bar tasks.

Student Support Co-ordinator

Hours

Term time- permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Grade

Grade 3, Pt 13

Starting Salary £24689.96

Location

Bridge College, Openshaw

Reports to

Assistant Principal

Job purpose

We have an exciting opportunity for a Student Support Co-ordinator within our naturing team at Bridge College. The purpose of this role is to support student transition into college, throughout the learners journey, and out of college. Ensuring support for the learner is of a high quality.

About the role

The Student Support Co-ordinator will support the senior management team in actively promoting inclusive practice to ensure all students with a diverse range of learning difficulties and complex needs are effectively supported to fulfil their potential and personal aspirations. You’ll work collaboratively across the College service to ensure multi-disciplinary working has a positive impact upon the students’ learning experiences throughout their learner journey.

You will undertake a range of responsibilities to ensure students receive an excellent learning experience these include: implementing effective multi-disciplinary admissions and transitions processes, effective and efficient use and deployment of human and physical resources, supervision and performance management of staff to improve the quality of learning and assessment, analysis of data and the active implementation of safe learner concepts.

About you...

Education/Qualifications

• Management qualification to at least level 4 or willingness to undertake

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years management experience leading a team within education, demonstrating ability to mentor staff to improve practice
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience of working with young people with
• significant disabilities and/or learning difficulties or autism
• Experience of working with students who manifest challenging behaviours
• Evidence of highly effective collaborative multi-disciplinary working resulting in students developing sustainable skills
• Evidence of raising standards to ensure all support for learning is good or outstanding
• Evidence of continued quality improvement and the impact this has had on students
• Experience of managing a team to ensure their effective deployment
• Experience of highly effective multi-disciplinary working to ensure students positive transition into college
• Experience of managing student’s transition out of college into positive destinations
• Experience of safeguarding and safe learner concepts

Knowledge

• A good understanding of the common inspection framework and what constitutes excellent teaching, learning and assessment
• Knowledge of the needs of students with a range of learning difficulties and complex needs, demonstrating how and how these can be met and barriers to learning reduced
• Have a good baseline knowledge of all disciplines at Bridge College and ability to demonstrate practical application, eg administration of medication, moving and handling etc
• A thorough knowledge of person centred planning and how this can contribute to student support, curriculum design and implementation
• A thorough understanding of safeguarding and safe learner concepts
• The principles of performance management including conducting effective supervisions and appraisals
• A robust understanding of assessment within learning

• Skills
• Ability to engage and motivate a diverse staff team through a range of initiatives
• Good facilitator with a thorough understanding of how active support can promote independence
• Effective use of SCIP or Positive Behaviour Management
• Drive, energy, ambition, integrity And empathy
• Ability to work across a diverse range of multi-disciplinary teams
• Highly effective time management demonstrating ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Ability to follow through tasks to an agreed conclusion
• Ability to manage difficult conversations to avoid escalation and find a positive resolution
• Ability to problem solve and find positive solutions
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to maintain professionalism and positivity
• Good communication and negotiation skills

Miscellaneous

• Ability to drive

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company are recruiting for the role of a Student Welfare & Learning Support Coordinator to join the dynamic staff team based in their North London centre.

An ideal role for a proactive, passionate individual with excellent communication skills, previous experience of working within a Higher Education environment, and relevant experience in providing a variety of welfare and disability advice, they will be the primary point of contact for all students seeking professional guidance or signposting on issues relating to learning differences or mental health support.

The Student Welfare & Learning Support Coordinator will play a vital role in helping those students with learning differences or welfare needs access their training fully, by providing support, direction and practical help to all students requiring access to Student Support. This will include being responsible for management and implementation of action points arising from student DSA applications, managing the referral system to Fourth Monkey’s bank of external counsellors to support those students who are dealing with or require support for any mental health needs, leading staff, student and practitioner sessions in the wider Fourth Monkey Learning Support Philosophy, helping students manage the demands of drama school training with their own mental health and welfare needs, and managing all Student Welfare and Learning Support administration in collaboration with the Admissions and Academic Services teams as applicable.

Fourth Monkey are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual with relevant experience in providing welfare and disability advice, as well as experience of working in a Higher Education environment. They will have strong inter-personal and relationship-building skills, both with academic and professional colleagues and students / young adults, experience, and evidence of an ability to interpret and apply operational procedures within a working environment.

An awareness and understanding of Higher Education learning and / or creative arts training would be desirable, as would an understanding of Higher Education procedures, data processing and reporting.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV, including details of two referees (only to be contacted on shortlisting, with the candidate’s consent), a Covering Letter of 2 pages maximum, plus a completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form.

Applications should be submitted by email, no later than the deadline for application submissions of 5pm, Friday 6th August.

Please note: candidates will be invited to interview on an ongoing basis from the point of application.

Fourth Monkey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce - in particular, those who are ethnically diverse.

About Fourth Monkey:

A drama school, arts organisation and registered charity based in North London, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company was founded in 2010 and are now recruiting for a variety of new roles within their core office team to support their ongoing growth and evolution.

It’s an exciting time to be joining the Fourth Monkey team; since marking our 10-year anniversary in 2020 whereby our two-year training course was successfully accredited as our BA (Hons) Acting Accelerated Degree by our degree-awarding partner Falmouth University, we have subsequently added the newly accredited CertHE Acting & Theatre Making and MA Collaborative Theatre to our training provision. In 2021, we also announced our new Regional Centre of Excellence in Bristol, whereby students from Bristol and the surrounding area will be able to learn on our CertHE Acting & Theatre Making course from September 2021.

The Students’ Guild at the University of Exeter is the students’ union, led by students for students. We represent over 25,000 students and enhance their unique journeys at the University of Exeter by:

• Developing leaders who transform the student experience
• Supporting and creating opportunities for students to lead activity to benefit others  
• Ensuring the student voice is strong and impactful
• Delivering focused and relevant services

We are a democratic membership organisation, and all students at the University of Exeter are automatically members of the Guild. The Students’ Guild sits at the heart of the student experience which encompasses representation, support services, student activities and volunteering. Our charitable purpose is the advancement of education of students at the University of Exeter for the public benefit.

This is an exciting time to join University of Exeter Students’ Guild as we launch a new strategy and refocus how we represent our student members. We’re looking for an innovative and bold campaigns and insights expert to lead on insight-led Students’ Union campaigns and to empower student activists and Officers to deliver real change on campus.

We want to become more impact focused and improve how we represent students through campaigning. Therefore, by using research and insights we can develop more meaningful, engaging and relevant projects and campaigns to support our students and make them have the best student experience possible at Exeter. This includes a better reporting function to show students how we are representing them and the changes that have been made, showing their input makes a real difference.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Guild as a Campaigns and Insight Manager.

Salary: £27,047 (Grade M3)

Hours:  36.5 per week

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Location: Streatham Campus, Exeter, Devon

This area of work will be at the very heart of everything we do, we are aiming to become a more insights-driven organisation to help us reach our new vision. It's also a brand-new role so there are opportunities to shape and develop the role and scope. We are aiming for it to become a transformational backbone to our work.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about fighting for student rights and issues, empowering students and staff, experience in using insight-led approaches to inform and support planning and delivering campaigns and projects.

Overall, the role will have the responsibility for embedding a campaign and insight-led culture across the Guild. All we need now is a talented Campaigns & Insights Manager to join our team and lead on making our vision a reality.

For further information about us and to read the full job description and person specification please visit our website. 

How to apply:

Please visit our website to submit your application via our recruitment portal.  Your application should include the following:

• A personal statement that demonstrates how you meet the 'essential' requirements set out in the Person Specification.
• An up to date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history and expertise.

Deadline for applications is 8am, Wednesday, 11th August 2021 with interviews being held on Thursday, 19th August 2021. 

Inclusion is central to the Guild.  We approach our work collaboratively, empower our people and celebrate our uniqueness.  If you’re driven to empower others and achieve great things, you’ll fit right in. Our people are proud of who they are and value each other’s differences, and we are committed to creating a diverse community that is radically inclusive of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience. 

About The Difference

In 2021, The Difference is needed now more than ever. During lockdown, children experiencing domestic violence, loss and trauma, isolation and worsening mental health rose. These experiences could easily fuel challenges at school escalating towards exclusion. Yet public debates around exclusion are polarising and meanwhile the schools serving excluded pupils are facing under-funding. The Difference has seen excellent impact from the early years of its work; but there is more work ahead in capturing our impact, continuing to lobby in the centre-ground, and growing the capacity of our unique and powerful team to keep driving towards lower exclusions in England. 

From next academic year The Difference Executive team needs a new colleague to support them across the whole organisation’s work: orchestrating the rhythm of the year with internal and external work and events; managing correspondence with a growing number of externals; supporting the Directors to use their time strategically to have the most impact; and working closely with our trustee team to oversee the continuously improving work of the charity. Could you make this difference?

The Task Ahead: Programme and Communications Officer

The Difference is a growing charity, in both the size of its team and the reach of its delivery. As our delivery and team both grow, we must develop our ability to manage competing strategic priorities and their demands on our time, and to communicate and collaborate effectively across a wider group of colleagues, programme participants and external stakeholders. This requires a high level of coordination, strategic time management, and communication that we have not needed until now - qualities which we hope you will help to foster and grow.

As the Programme and Communications Officer, you will work closely with Heads of Programme and the Head of Community to develop operational and communication strategies to enhance and support The Difference’s programme facilitation. Through this work, you will support the Programme Team to manage time, resources and input towards the charity’s goals; ensure effective communication across The Difference team, and with external stakeholders; as well as personally delivering on key projects across the charity. 

Key Tasks Required of this Role

1. Use your relationship-building skills to be the glue that sticks together the programme participants & community!

Event Management

• Provide logistical and operational project management for The Difference’s IncludEd conference, including but not limited to speaker liaison, logistics & venue liaison, organisation of catering, organisation of volunteers etc.
• Manage, support and develop an engaging experience for a portfolio of stakeholders, working to the Head of Community to ensure a high-quality experience for all participants and attendees at The Difference’s IncludEd conference.
•  Problem-solve delivery and engagement issues as and when they arise, to ensure the highest possible conference experience. 

Communications & Social Media

• Support and develop a social media strategy, including the production of high-quality content to share, working to the Head of Community to ensure the Difference continues to hold and grow a reputable presence online. This could include using canva, video-editing software and taking event photographs as well as a content buffer like hootsuite.
• Produce and quality-assure content, including print, digital documents and audio- visual materials, to support the Head of Community and ensure they are clear, professional and reflect our brand and identity.
• Manage high-quality handling of basic and complex in-bound queries, e.g., logistical and technology enquiries, complaints, deferral requests and participant support requests.
• Work closely with the Programme Team to commission and quality-assure effective proactive and reactive communications for all stakeholders.
• Quality-assure communications for accuracy, consistency, and tone.

2. Use your organisational skills to be the oil that helps the programme team run smoothly

Logistical Support for Programme Team

• Provide logistical and operational project management and organisation of programme delivery, including but not limited to oversight of management information, budget management, logistics planning, communications, scheduling etc.
• Play a strategic role in the effective organisation and scheduling of Programme Team diaries and schedules, to ensure the efficient use of resource.
• Coordinate session/twilight logistics for programme participants, to ensure high levels of attendance and engagement are maintained.
• Manage communication with programme participants, including calendar invites, event reminders and webinar set-up, to support the development of a participant communication strategy.
• Organise travel arrangements and accommodation for Programme Team members, when travelling to school settings nationwide to ensure the best possible experience for programme participants.
• Problem-solve delivery and engagement issues as and when they arise, to ensure the best possible programme participant experience.
• Providing admin support, to enable the migration of participant Practice Portfolio & leadership diagnostic scores from Google Sheets to Airtable.

Programme Monitoring

• Know and monitor attendance of programme participants, to ensure the effective facilitation of programme content and identify required support for programme participants.
• Know and monitor engagement with core course requirements, to ensure timely escalation of issues to the Programme Team and to provide programme participants with the optimum learning experience.
• Know and monitor completion of course based assignments and activities, to provide timely and efficient feedback to the Programme Team.

Administration

•  Provide CRM management of programme participants, using Airtable to ensure up to date and timely information is held, and shared effectively, to enable a high level of participant satisfaction.
• Provide administrative support to the Programme Team, to ensure the successful completion of participant surveying.
• Provide admin support, to enable the migration of the participant Practice Portfolio & leadership diagnostic scores from Google Sheets to Airtable.

Person Specification

Essential

• Values – Life and career experiences which evidence shared values with The Difference (see above) and a personal commitment to our mission to improve life outcomes for young people.
• Relationship-builder and holder - Track record of having established, developed and managed effective and strong relationships with a range of stakeholders in an organisation, towards having challenging conversations with positive outcomes, and effective collaboration.
• Organisation & project management – Experience which evidence coordination of projects to tight timelines and a high standard, communicating proactively if timelines need to shift; as well as a high level of attention to detail and thorough approach to organisation and project management including clear planning and communication (may include use of excel and creating and chairing meeting agendas).
• Strong communicator - A clear communication style which is concise and effective – both verbally & written - as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Self-direction – Evidenced capacity to take high levels of ownership in your work and over your self-development, proactively diagnosing skills and information gaps and making use of others’ expertise to continually grow your skills and make a success of tasks at hand.
• Agility in problem-solving – Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment, comfortable with making decisions in ambiguous contexts and rapidly diagnosing need to reprioritise and change course. 

Desired

• Experience in the education sector - An understanding of schools, students and the nature of work in schools - potentially by having worked in a school or an education charity.
• Previous experience of social media management – An understanding of effective use of platforms like Twitter, LikedIN, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram; ability to use canva or similar platforms to create visual content, easy video-editing (mobile phone included) or other tools to produce professional, brand-aware online content.
• Ability to edit and proof work for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. 

Staffordshire University Students’ Union is the representative body for the 16,500 students of Staffordshire University and provides a wide range of membership and enterprising services for students. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with an annual turnover of almost £4 Million and we employ around 150 staff.

We're looking for a Lettings Coordinator to join our small lettings team, supporting the delivery of responsive and great quality customer services to our students and our landlords. You'll have experience of working in a high pressure customer service environment, with demonstrable skills in administration and customer care.

A successful postholder will support the Students' Union to achieve our vision by:

• Helping Students to find the perfect home away from home and helping them to navigate the stressful legal process of securing a tenancy
• Making our Student and Landlord customers proud of their lettings agent, through the provision of excellent quality customer services and administration
• Protecting our organisation, our students and our landlords through the delivery of processes that ensure compliance with legislation and our service standards
• Being a friendly, approachable and value-driven representative of the Students' Union, ensuring that every customer interaction is memorable and exceeds customer expectations
• Taking ownership of the routine operational processes of our Lettings Agency, working with our Lettings Management Team to develop efficient and effective practices

Staffordshire University Students’ Union is the representative body for the 16,500 students of Staffordshire University and provides a wide range of membership and enterprising services for students. We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with an annual turnover of almost £4 Million and we employ around 150 staff.

We're looking for a Marketing Coordinator to join our small Marketing team, supporting the Marketing Manager and our elected Officer Team to promote the campaigns, activities and services delivered by the Students' Union. You'll have experience of working in a fast paced environment, with demonstrable skills in marketing and communications.

A successful postholder will support the Students' Union to achieve our vision by:

• Coordinating and implementing effective marketing and communication plans across the Union that enable us to engage with our members on a variety of levels;
• Producing engaging content, written or otherwise, on a variety of topics for different communication channels;
• Managing the Union's brand to ensure consistency and quality;
• Working with colleagues to deliver both quantitative and qualitative market research and to advise clients on the best way to meet their needs;
• Taking the lead on digital communications, sourcing and creating content and assisting the Marketing Manager in devising the weekly communications plan

This role presents the opportunity for a talented programme manager who is passionate about equity of access and opportunity in education. You will be joining a collaborative, diverse, mission-led organisation that is committed to ensuring that our young people from less advantaged backgrounds have positive outcomes in life and the world of work. 

Responsibilities 

• Take the lead on delivering projects and outcomes across our core employability and schools programmes. 
• Manage the promotion and delivery of face to face and online events.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality workshops, presentations and training programmes. 
• Develop and update workshop materials to maintain relevance and quality.
•  Liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including corporate partners, local authorities, schools, facilitators, students, and volunteers. 
• Ensure that programmes run by Upskill Me are successfully implemented and evaluated and that they achieve the stated aims and objectives within budget
• To direct/manage the work of junior team members as necessary.

What difference will you make?

• Improve the employability, skills and aspirations of thousands of students across the UK.
• Play a key role in helping schools to have a positive impact on their students’ personal development.
• Deliver life-changing programmes to the students who need them most. 

Key Requirements:

• Experience leading impactful, youth-centred programmes, and working with others to co-design purposeful programmes according to young people’s needs.
• Solid project management experience, following a project through from the initial planning stages, to delivery, to post-project reporting.
• Experience in developing evaluation strategies which measure impact and centre the voice of the child.
• Experience with working with schools and saving teachers time.
• Experience of leading a wide variety of events in the employability fields, with direct experience working on events/projects for young people.
• Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills, and comprehensive IT skills.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant child protection and safeguarding issues.
• A passion for social mobility and equity; and experience of working with young people.
• Experience in designing and delivering programmes, particularly with an outreach, skills development, recruitment or D&I element.
• Experience of running effective mentoring programmes (desirable).
• Flexible working - 2 days in the office per week. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 2+ years of experience in programme management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Strong communication, organisational, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Right to work in the UK (essential).

Benefits:

• Founding member of a Tech For Good startup with lots of ownership to shape the role and execute on your own ideas.
• 28 days holiday.
• Monthly team socials.
• Flexible working.
• The ability to be promoted rapidly and lead a team of programme managers. 

An Office Manager is required by Healthwatch Essex,an award-winning charity which aims to be ‘your voice improving health and care’.  We are a small and growing organisation, with powers and responsibilities set in law to help us achieve our role of changing health and social care for the better. We do this by making sure that the voice and lived experience of all people in Essex is taken account of by the people who commission and deliver local NHS and social care services.

Our work includes engaging the public in innovative and effective ways, such as films and panel debates, as well as carrying out high-quality social research. We also provide a telephone- and web-based information service to help the public access and understand health and social care services. Above all, we aim to influence the decisions made by local health and social care authorities. Our success depends on building constructive partnerships with the NHS, local authorities, and voluntary and community organisations.

We’re a small and ambitious team of professionals and trained volunteers, known as ‘Ambassadors’. We want to be an effective agent of local change, and to reflect the highest standards of national and international best practice.

You will be responsible for both the smooth running of the office and for supporting the work of the CEO and Senior Management Team (which includes the Engagement Manager, Research Manager, Communications Manager and the Information and Guidance Manager).

Your primary responsibilities will relate to the CEO but will also include supporting the Board as Company Secretary and your role will be vital in co-ordinating and contributing to the work of the Senior Management Team and the organisation.

As Office Manager you will have responsibility for the general office administration, and in addition have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of Healthwatch projects and activities, including our research programme and our outreach and engagement activities. As a key link between the Healthwatch Essex office, the public, our volunteers and extensive network of stakeholders, you will be vital to our ongoing credibility and success.

This role requires a highly motivated individual with a strong administrative background and a proven ability to manage a diverse workload. Polite and approachable, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will be confident in dealing with a wide range of individuals and be able to integrate into a small staff team and wide network of volunteers. You will have good judgement and an ability to think laterally, with an eye for both detail and the bigger picture. You will be a self-starter who is able to work independently, but also able to work well as part of a team. Ideally, you will have experience of working within the charity sector.

You will also welcome the opportunity of working within a small and ambitious team and be able to demonstrate a commitment to the values and principles of Healthwatch Essex, a willingness to work flexibly, and a desire to contribute to the achievement of the organisation’s strategic objectives.

We only accept applications on our Application Form which is accessible on our website or attached to this advert, please visit for the website for submission information. 

Who we are

Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfil potential; we help make it happen.

Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  Like other Students' Unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities of campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives. 

About the job

Do you want to help students to get the most out of their education? Are you passionate about ensuring that students have an equitable experience and are treated as partners in their education?

We’re looking for an organised and passionate individual to join our Representation Team. The Academic Representation Coordinator will work closely with team members in order to support the delivery of our elections, where our organisation’s leaders are chosen by students, alongside our campaigns and policy work. We’ve previously led national campaigns about tuition fees, through to campaigns about the conditions of graduate teaching assistants.

You’ll be working to support student academic representatives and coordinate the academic representation process at the LSE. We have hundreds of dedicated student academic representatives who want to improve student education at the LSE – you’ll work to register reps from every department across the School, and then devise and deliver training for them. Once the reps are in place, you’ll organise events where they can meet one another, and provide opportunities and advice as the year goes on.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for organising and servicing high level committee meetings involving elected Officers, student academic representatives and School officials. They will also need to build relationships with key stakeholders across the university, and will lead on planning and delivering our annual Teaching Awards which celebrate best practice across the LSE community.

Who we are looking for?

Academic representation is crucial to ensuring that students feel supported and listened to. We’re looking for an individual who is passionate about amplifying the voice of LSE students and ensuring that students are at the heart of everything that the School does.

The post-holder will have excellent organisation skills, and will be able to work collaboratively with colleagues across both the Students’ Union and the School in order to facilitate the academic representation system. We’re looking for someone who can both plan and deliver engaging training to students, and is able to support and motivate student volunteers. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, alongside the ability to work to multiple deadlines and work under their own initiative. They’ll also have strong administrative and analytical skills, and be able to successfully plan and deliver events.

We welcome applications from individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds, including ex-sabbatical officers and even people outside of higher education, provided they can demonstrate relevant transferrable skills.

We particularly welcome applicants from individuals who are marginalised on the basis of their race or ethnicity, and from individuals who define as disabled or neurodivergent.

For the full job description and person specification, please download it from our website.

Why apply?

Because you’re excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we’re progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces.

Benefits and Perks

In return for your passion and experience we offer:

• 25 days holidays per year
• Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter
• Free LSE Students’ Union gym membership, advice from dedicated professionals, with a wide range of activities including yoga classes, dance classes and pilates classes
• Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase
• Access to LSE staff training courses
• Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card giving wide range of discounts
• Flexibility for work-life balance
• Interest free Travel loan

How we recruit

We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we ask that all candidates complete our Application Process in two stages:

Part 1 (Application Form) is all about you telling us about your suitability for the role and will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for interview.

Part 2 (Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Contact Form) is personal information – so we can contact you if you are shortlisted for the interview. It also helps us gather and analyse demographic information about our applicants. This part will only be seen by HR and will not have any impact on shortlisting.

Application forms are formatted to ensure the equality monitoring data is removed before applications are seen by the shortlisting panel. This process allows us to ensure that the shortlisting is done in a fair and consistent manner and all applicants are given the same opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Want to apply?

To apply please complete our online application which can be found on our website.

If you would like to have an informal chat about this role please contact Freya Govus, Representation Manager - email details can be found on our website.