Do you want to make a difference now and for the future?

Are you confident, approachable, self-motivated and have a flexible attitude?

Then join our team supporting Young Adult Carers, aged 16-25years, who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse.

Young Adult Carers have a lot going on in their lives. As well as caring, they are managing all the normal stresses of growing up, exams, friendships, relationships, work, money. They’re making decisions about key transitions, should I go to university? get a job? move out of home? These lead to concerns about who will look after the person they care for or guilt about leaving them. If they choose to stay at home and continue to care, there are additional challenges like applying for benefits or organising care packages.

As a coordinator, you’ll provide information and advice, emotional and practical support to guide the Young Adult Carers through these times. You might help them prepare for job interviews, advocate on their behalf to get additional support at college or university, or have difficult conversations with family members.

You’ll also provide opportunities for Young Adult Carers to meet each other at workshops and events, where they can share ideas and support each other as peers. 

Imago is a leading charity supporting communities across the South East. This role supports Young Adult Carers in Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Swale.

Make an impact. Be part of the solution.

Applicants must have a current driving licence and access to a car.

Post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note outlining your CURRENT SALARY.

Imago  is a long established, well respected and effective charity working across Kent, London, Medway and East Sussex to deliver a range of services to individuals, voluntary and community organisations, the public and private sector.
Our mission is to promote, develop and facilitate social action, support independence and empower communities. User and volunteer engagement, leadership and involvement in decision making are core principles.

We deliver a wide range of services in partnership with funders, public sector commissioners and private sector sponsors to children and young people, older people, carers, and volunteers.

Underpinning our work is a commitment to excellence, evidencing impact and safeguarding vulnerable people.

Imago offers a competitive remuneration package consisting of salary, contributory pension, healthcare benefits and 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. These include: race, religion, creed, colour, national and ethnic origin, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability (including mental illness), HIV status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, responsibility for dependants, appearance,  geographical area, social class, income level or criminal record.

Imago aims to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences. Imago sees these differences as an asset to our work as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we serve. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within the communities we serve.

City Connections is a programme of services which links people to health and wellbeing services within the Square Mile. They may live or work in the City, are over 18 or a young carer, and would like help to understand what services would suit their needs and how to access them.

The main areas of service delivery include the following:

• The City Connections Carers Service is for unpaid carers and young carer’s resident or working in the City of London.
• The City Connections Memory Group is a friendly, informal group for people who are concerned about their memory, are already having memory issues or have a diagnosis of dementia.
• City Care Navigation which aims to assistance patients and carers in identifying and accessing the systems and support that are available to them within health and social care and beyond. They support people to make positive choices to promote good health and emotional wellbeing and can often provide a non-medical referral option that can support existing medical treatments for patients.
• City Volunteering covers various volunteering opportunities for residents and workers in a variety of roles within the City. 

The City Wellbeing Co-ordinator will work within the team and provision, in order to deliver a people focused service.

Key tasks

- Clients 

• Conducting client focused health and wellbeing assessments; via home visits/office meeting/café meeting/estate office/telephone
• Joint home visits with colleagues/partner agencies where required
• Follow up letter/email to client with list of action plans
• Completing all detailed casework with clients, follow up visits/meetings, reviews where appropriate, in a timely manner and record updates onto database
• Conducting and following up all onward referrals as required – internal/external agencies and services

- Evaluation and monitoring 

• Accurate and timely recording of new client data, sessions and reviews held onto Elemental/Charity Log database
• Compiling and completing all necessary data and stats for quarterly reports from databases – using set outcome measurements, including service user surveys, case studies and break down of health and wellbeing referrals

- Marketing & Events 

• Attending and representing at City events, conferences, forums and training sessions
• Attending at relative provider meetings, forums; networking to establish new opportunities for the City project if applicable
• Identifying new promotional sites and opportunities within the City to enhance promotion of the service and to work with colleagues to capitalise and monitor results 
• To build on, and maintain, relationships and partnerships with local stakeholders including local community groups, local authority departments and health providers

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of delivering person centred services with a focus on health and wellbeing that meet defined outcomes and outputs
• Proven experience of monitoring and evaluation
• Proven experience of confidentiality policy and practice
• Proven experience of equality and diversity, GDPR in practice
• Proven experience of using a CMS database system 

Knowledges and understanding

Knowledge of services available to City residents/workers and their carers (e.g. through health service, social services, voluntary sector) and the issues and barriers for them to access them for different client groups.

Skills/ attributes

• Commitment to working creatively within a team to reach targets
• An open minded and challenging approach to work
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent planning and organisational skills 
• Excellent IT skills, MS Office and Internet

Additional requriements

• Some marketing/publicity experience desirable
• This post is subject to enhanced check through the disclosure and barring service (DBS);
• This post requires travel across the City of London; office base will be Bethnal Green, East London
• The post holder will work with standard office server based computer systems and the Charity Log Management and Elemental Database systems

Support Worker

Housing Plus Ltd

Brent, London, Greater London 

Circa  £22,800 pro rata (£11.00) per hour. More may be available based on experience for an exceptional candidate

Part-time

Job description

Support worker London (NW2/NW10) to work with 16-21 year olds. Part-time (Approximately 3 days/24 hours per week) with scope for this to increase). Sessional positions also available.

Housing Plus Limited provides support to young people aged 16-21 who are transitioning to leaving care and live in our shared accommodation in North-West London. A significant proportion of the young people in our care are asylum seekers.

We are looking for a key worker with good people skills who is able to build rapport to support the young people in their day-to-day activities, to help them further their education or training and to prepare for independent living. The successful applicant will work in partnership in a multi-agency team to ensure the best possible outcomes for the young people as part of their pathway plan.

Working towards NVQ Level 3 or equivalent is an advantage . Alternatively, you should be able to provide evidence of significant relevant experience in a related field and of working with young people, including those who present challenges.  A local knowledge of North-West London would be an advantage.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, highly motivated person who is passionate about working with young people and able to work creatively and on their own initiative.

This role is equates to around 3 days/24 hours a week and it requires some flexibility in working hours/ days. There may be scope for this to increase.

Housing Plus offers competitive rates of pay, professional supervision and appraisal and development opportunities.

The start date is immediate (allowing for notice periods, as necessary). Recruitment is on a rolling basis and will continue until a successful applicant has been identified. 

To apply for this role please send in your cv with a covering letter. Interviews are scheduled for 25 February.

Please refer to the Job description and personal specification attached. Shortlisted applicants will be required to submit an application format interview stage. 

Housing Plus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment and all staff work to a code of conduct. Housing Plus operates stringent safer recruitment procedures. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

We are looking for someone who is real, personal and compassionate. In the competitive and constantly changing environment that charities find themselves in, providing a stand out experience to supporters has never been more important. This exciting opportunity, to join a growing supporter care team whose aim is deliver exceptional customer service to each and every person its supports, should not be missed! 

Engagement and communication is at the heart of this role so if you enjoy speaking to people and can deliver great customer service, then this could be just the role for you.

Experience of working in a busy customer focused environment is desirable as well as exceptional administrative skills, excellent attention to detail and your ability to communicate passionately and confidently about Mind’s work.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2020.

To find out more, please download the full job spec and person specification. 

Service Co-ordinator – Part Time (Contract)
Leeds, West Yorkshire (with travel to Meanwood, Chapel Allerton and Roundhay)
£8.57 per hour

Do you have experience of supporting and motivating volunteers? Want to take on a rewarding contract with a charity that has been changing lives for over 80 years? If so, read on.

Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary service to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for two part-time Service Co-ordinators to join us on an initial contract until the 31st March 2021 that has the possibility to extend subject to funding.

Within an engaging and team-oriented environment, you will have the chance to support vital services that are making a positive, lasting impact on your local community.

As a Service Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of our Healthy Happy Lives Support Service.

The Healthy Happy Lives Support Service aims to reduce isolation in older people through building their confidence to reconnect with their communities.

Covering activities in Meanwood, Chapel Allerton and Roundhay, you will:

- Support colleagues to deliver Healthy Happy Lives sessions, such as exercise sessions or lunches
- Build links with the community to strengthen and promote the service
- Work with the Project Manager to pair volunteers with services
- Ensure the service operates in-line with regulations, such as Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, Data Protection and Safeguarding

Interested? To be considered, you’ll need:

- Experience of working with volunteers and supporting and motivating them on a daily basis
- Previous experience of handling personal information and the legal requirements of this
- Knowledge of volunteers and voluntary services
- The ability to build positive relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders and colleagues
- A full, valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle

Self-motivated and resourceful, as a Service Co-ordinator, you’ll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A great eye for detail, a positive attitude and superb time-management abilities are also key.

Ideally, you’ll have experience of general administrative processes and maintaining databases. Experience of working in a public-facing environment would also be beneficial, as would a food safety accreditation. Proficiency in industry standard IT systems would be equally favourable.

This is a part-time role, working 21 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

To apply for the role of Service Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Volunteer Co-ordinator, Community Services Co-ordinator, Volunteer Support Co-ordinator, Service Delivery Assistant, or Community Support Co-ordinator.

Age UK Ealing Befriending Service consists of two elements, the Neighbourly Connectors and Telephone Support, helping older people in the London Borough of Ealing in tackling loneliness and isolation and seeks to support older people in building and maintaining independence.

The post-holder will support the Head of Befriending Service to develop and manage the day to day running of the service across the borough including assessing referrals and home visits; and to support the team of Volunteers, ensuring that the delivery of services meets the required standards and targets.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Service Coordination

a) To work with the Head of Befriending Service in developing the service including marketing and promotion, ensuring that it meets the needs of beneficiaries and provides a safe service for all

b) Ensure that the service meets the outputs and outcomes as required by the funders

c) To measure the success of the service by collecting quantitative and qualitative data

d) To ensure that the service links in with the rest of the organisation

e) To coordinate the operational requirements of the partnership which is working together to deliver the service and to collate necessary data as required

f) To maintain strong working links with partners to ensure a cohesive approach and smooth working of the partnership to deliver the outputs and outcomes required

g) To undertake activities to target promotion of the service to outside agencies, especially any under-represented groups

2) Volunteer management, Support and Training

a) Work with the Volunteer Coordinator to recruit suitable volunteers to the service

b) Match befriending volunteers with compatible service users

c) To identify and coordinate volunteer training sessions, to induct, build befriending skills and knowledge of local areas and activities and promote safeguarding awareness

d) Provide volunteer support sessions, offering on-going training and support ensuring that volunteers have an excellent volunteering experience

e) Support the volunteers to have an excellent volunteering experience at Age UK Ealing

3) Evaluation & Reporting

a) To regularly review service and monitor targets, using this information to advise on, initiate and develop new services as appropriate

b) Prepare monitoring report for the management team, CEO, Board and funders as required

c) Working with the Volunteer Coordinator to review volunteer and clients’ experiences and evaluate the effectiveness of the service

4) Reward and Recognition

a) To develop and implement recognition structures for befriending volunteers, including certification, reflective learning opportunities and organising social events to recognise the input of all the befriending volunteers

b) Where possible to nominate service/volunteers for local and national recognition awards

5) General

a) Ensure all relevant administration and reporting is completed in a timely manner as required

b) To behave in a professional manner to build good working relationships with colleagues, service users and external agencies

c) Post-holder will be required to be flexible with their working hours, as some volunteer interviews and befriending matches may need to be conducted outside of regular working hours (evenings/weekends)

d) To support colleagues with the provision of information as requested for other functions within the organisation

e) Implement the delivery of new standards as they arise

f) Comply with all policies and procedures and promote Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding and Confidentiality

g) Report any Health and Safety issues or concerns

h) Attend team meetings as required

i) Undertake other duties that may from time to time be reasonably required, e.g. attending community events, assisting with fundraising activities etc.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Experience of coordinating a befriending service or similar service
• Experience of managing/supporting volunteers
• Experience of working with and supporting older people
• Knowledge of issues affecting older people
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Competent use of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and email) and database
• Able to reflect on own performance
• Able to act as a representative of the organisation externally

Desirable:

• Experience working within the charity sector
• Ability to develop ideas for expanding the befriending service
• Ability to assimilate and understand information by listening, reading and use of the telephone
• Willing to work to guidelines and standards and to take a flexible approach to work
• Ability to listen to others and to explain things clearly
• Awareness of discriminatory practices and equal opportunity issues

General requirements:

• To develop and work with other and agencies; and to seek and offer support
• Willingness and interest in learning, to attend training, meetings and other community events
• Able to work without direct supervision and demonstrate initiative
• Understanding of outputs and outcomes monitoring and reporting

To Apply: please submit your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for this role. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Declaration Form and Equality & Diversity Form.

This post is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing.

Closing Date: Monday 17th February 2020

Interview Date: Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th February 2020

Location: London

Department: Global Development

Reports to: Director of Development- Europe

Term & LOE: Full-time; 100%

Salary range: Band C4 - £41,571 plus benefits

ABOUT INTERNEWS

Internews empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account. Our vision is to unleash human potential everywhere by turning on the bright light of information.

For more than 35 years, in more than 100 countries, Internews has worked to build healthy media and information environments where they are most needed. We have proudly launched hundreds of sustainable organizations, bolstered the skills of thousands of media professionals, activists, and citizens, and helped our partners reach millions of people with quality, local information.

Internews is a non-profit organisation operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok, Kiev and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Internews is is looking for an experienced business development expert to lead the development of commercial tenders and complex grant proposals to fund the delivery of our ambitious new 5-year Strategy. 

The Senior Development Coordinator, working under the supervision of the Director of Development, will identify and pursue new development opportunities among European institutional donors, with a particular focus on the international development sectors of democracy, rights and governance, health, humanitarian response, gender and environment/climate change, and their intersection with the media and information landscape in developing countries. The position is responsible for representation with partners and donors working in these sectors, overseeing the development of concept notes and proposals, as well as carrying out program design work. The position is also responsible for strategizing for the refunding of existing programming in these sectors. To fund the delivery of Internews’ new 5-year strategy we are specifically looking for candidates who will bring creativity, innovation and proactivity in order to secure new channels of funding, strengthen internal process and build the business development capacity across the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following; other duties may be assigned:

• Working in collaboration with others, represent Internews with donors and partners
• Carry out field assessments in anticipation of upcoming business development opportunities
• Provide writing guides, outlines for proposals and concept notes
• Lead proposal design using Internews tools to support strong program design, including logical frameworks, worksheets and other tools as appropriate.
• Lead proposal design teams in selecting win themes, identifying best practices and making key partnering decisions
• Write and edit proposals following donor guidelines and in line with Internews’ internal processes and standards
• Build partnerships with agencies, implementers and funders, establishing Internews as a project implementer in these sectors.
• Position Internews as a possible sub-grantee in proposal applications; member of relevant consortia.
• Lead writer and proposal manager for larger and more strategic proposals working with relevant Regional Directors, or Country Directors on strategy and budgeting.
• Build relationships with community stakeholders to advance the mission and fundraising goals of the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 4+ years of experience in international development, health, media, and/or nonprofit fields – and at least 2 years of experience working abroad an asset.
• At least 3+plus years of solid business development and/or fundraising experience within the non-profit sector
• Strong proposal writing experience –proposal work with DFID and other European institutional donors preferred.
• Proven track record of successful business development efforts
• Excellent critical thinking, writing, communications skills
• Ability to work with different teams and in different cultures
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to maintain calm and productive working relationships during stressful proposal processes.
• Strong sense of humour and sense of fun a bonus.
• Team player
• Ability to manage multiple, ongoing obligations and assignments
• Full proficiency in English required; French, Dutch, German, Russian are a bonus.
• Skilled in MS Office and Excel

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE

Closing date for applications: 10 February 2020

Candidates must submit a succinct covering letter of no more than 2-pages explaining how they satisfy the requirements of the person speciation in addition to a CV highlighting relevant experience. The successful candidate will also be asked to provide three professional referees, one of whom must be from their most recent employer.

The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, all the tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the job holder a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position .

This position will be located in the United Kingdom and therefore a successful applicant must obtain the Right to Work in the UK in order to commence their employment

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? We are currently looking for a Safeguarding Team Co-ordinator to support our Safeguarding Team, making it possible for our team to safeguard vulnerable people, knowing that their Team Co-ordinator is there to support them.

At Save the Children, we fight for children every single day and in our Support Services department we provide leadership and direction in the business of running an efficient organisation. We ensure our resources are used to maximum effect. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done.

As Safeguarding Team Coordinator you will act as a point of access to the Safeguarding Team, ensuring that internal and external queries are answered promptly and professionally. You will also maintain and create internal communications resources for the Safeguarding Team, including maintaining the intranet, creating posters and leading on internal events such as Safeguarding Week. In addition you will:

• Support and organise key meetings and events for the Safeguarding Team, including sourcing and booking of venues/meeting rooms, collating & circulating agendas, commissioning papers, recording minutes, and following up actions accordingly
• Provide support to team projects including: monitoring & evaluation, organising events and training, coordinating training materials and/or resources and desk-based research
• Support the team with key support service requirements in relation to HR, Information Systems and Finance
• Contribute to cross-organisational initiatives, actively participating to support the improvement and standardisation of systems, procedures and ways of working.

To be successful you will have substantial experience in setting up and maintaining administrative processes and office systems. Proactive, self-motivated and flexible, you will have experience providing administrative and project support to a team. In addition you will have:

• Experience of initiating, planning and developing areas of work
• The confidence to make judgements on when to use your initiative or when to request support
• The ability to engage with team members, be calm under pressure and help build a team/collaborative atmosphere
• Experience of handling sensitive and confidential information.

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

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

Closing date: 2nd February 2020

Position Description

The UK Aid Match Coordinator will lead on programme level operational oversight, coordination and contract management of CAFOD’s UK Aid Match Programmes. They will coordinate work across CAFOD to aid the planning, delivery, monitoring, learning and reporting for CAFOD's UK Aid Match agreements. They will lead on the development of future UK Aid Match applications and on the relationship with the UK Aid Match Fund Manager, MannionDaniels.

Job Profile

The post holder will be based within the International Programme Funding Unit (IPFU) and work collaboratively across CAFOD, particularly with the International Development, Supporter Fundraising, External Communications and Finance Groups. They will coordinate cross-organisational mechanisms to engage staff from these groups and ensure a unified approach to UK Aid Match performance management. Performance management covers the successful delivery of existing grants including the delivery of high-quality programmatic outputs, meeting compliance requirements, budget and risk management and securing new funding. The post holder will lead on the relationship with the dedicated Performance & Risk Manager at MannionDaniels and will disseminate information about the fund to the relevant stakeholders in CAFOD.

The post-holder will be line managed by the International Development Funding Team Leader in IPFU, who holds oversight of DFID funding. There are no direct reports, but significant cross-organisational working and effective collaboration with colleagues and managers from other groups, particularly in region/country programmes, is a key requirement of this role.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Development and Contract Management (60%)

• Maintain operational level oversight of CAFOD’s UK Aid Match Programme/s, closely collaborating with the programme team identifying and addressing risks and programme performance issues, including effective anticipation of actual results and contingency planning. Where relevant escalate issues to appropriate oversight group/s.
• Contract-manage CAFOD’s UK Aid Match Grant Agreement/s to ensure compliance including: the preparation and timely submission of high-quality quarterly narrative and expenditure reports, and financial forecasts: application of transparency standards in line with and relevant UK Aid and IATI standards.
• Work closely with Regional/Country and Fundraising teams and technical accompaniers to establish effective communication, feedback and tracking mechanisms.
• Work closely with Programme Accountants to maintain oversight of budgets including HQ-managed budget responsibility, monitoring of overall programme expenditure and clear communication of financial performance against budget to programme teams and DFID.
• Work/network with the Fund Manager to champion CAFOD’s track record and reputation at delivering high impact large scale projects, showcasing achievements, to favourably position for future funding.
• Lead the coordination and development of future proposal development processes for UK Aid Match to secure funding; coordinating and driving the proposal process. This will include working collaboratively across the organisation to ensure proposal coherence between IP, Communications and Fundraising, and all deliverables are met on time and to a high quality. Depending on the future of the UK Aid Match Fund pipeline the postholder could be required to lead on other non UK Aid Match bids.

Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) (30%)

• Develop, roll-out and support information management processes to service UK Aid Match monitoring, learning, reporting, external communications and thematic reviews.
• Work closely with programme staff and technical specialists to assess and assure the quality of data/evidence being gathered is in line with requirements for UK Aid Match funding.
• Ensure UK Aid Match requirements are factored into programme planning, monitoring and review systems and learning processes, and UK Aid Match reporting processes are effectively integrated into CAFOD’s internal reporting, learning and communications mechanisms.
• Coordinate and support all UK Aid Match thematic reviews, learning events and independent evaluations, ensuring they are effectively planned, supported, implemented and followed-up.
• Provide UK Aid Match inductions for new starters.

Governance and communications (10%)

• Report to and facilitate the work of CAFOD’s UK Aid Match oversight group/s.
• Ensure processes are in place to enable effective internal and external communication related to UK Aid Match implementation, monitoring, progress reporting and compliance between contributing programmes, across UK Aid Match themes and throughout CAFOD.
• Ensure all CAFOD external communications relating to the UK Aid Match acknowledge DFID’s support through the use of DFID UK aid logo or appropriate wording.
• Coordinate responses in relation to additional DFID data/information requests on any aspect relating to CAFOD’s UK Aid Match agreement and programme management.

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other non-UK Aid Match work as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.

Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

A Understanding Catholic identity - Commitment to and understanding of the distinctive role of the Catholic Church in development.

B Understanding CAFOD - Shares and supports CAFOD’s values; able to communicate the differences in mission and approach between CAFOD and other agencies

C Understanding international development - Excellent knowledge and understanding of key issues in development across a diverse development and advocacy n settings. Experience of partnership-based development work overseas

Working together

D Managing ourselves -Takes initiative and appropriate action to achieve results; shares knowledge and expertise with colleagues; open to challenge and able to assimilate new ideas and concepts swiftly.

E Working with others - Provides clear guidance and support to colleagues; builds and maintains collaborative relationships across groups and at all levels of the organisation; ability to influence others (including senior managers) without direct authority and sometimes at a distance.

F Communicating - Provides clear guidance and support to colleagues; builds and maintains collaborative relationships across groups and at all levels of the organisation; ability to influence others (including senior managers) without direct authority and sometimes at a distance.

G Looking outwards - keeps abreast of sector and DFID trends on funding and M&E; politically astute and able to maintain excellent strategic relationships with key external stakeholders.

Making change happen

H Managing resources - Proactively monitors expenditure and use of resources. Offers ideas to improve systems and processes to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Makes difficult choices to ensure the best use of people’s time.

I Achieving results - Makes clear what has to be achieved by colleagues and ready to help them get things done; identifies and develops better processes and ways of working; anticipates risks and takes action to mitigate them

J Managing our performance - Negotiates and monitors standards of performance across teams through task management of key colleagues; demonstrates high standards and attention to detail in all work; tackles problems or conflict in a balanced way.

K Taking the lead - Provides a clear sense of direction and purpose for colleagues; builds close working relationships with leaders across the organisation; motivates others to get things done; takes a lead in identifying solutions and brings people along to make change happen.

Job-specific competencies

• Experience in developing strong and positive donor relationships.
• Strong track record developing successful proposals and high-quality reports for institutional donors (especially DFID) on multi-sector/-country programmes.
• Strong track record of programme management including proposal development& workshops, log frame & theory of change development and M&E skills.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to translate complex programme narrative and M&E datasets into donor-friendly reports that convey and analyse the impact of the programme.
• Significant experience of working cross-organisationally, with demonstrable ability to build effective working relationships internally and externally – including with senior managers.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, including organising and task managing others to ensure work is delivered to a high standard and on time.
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly to meet external deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel overseas for periods of 1-3 weeks up to 4 times a year.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working on resilience and or governance/advocacy as development issues, including in programming, M&E or technical support/advisory roles.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel for data analysis.

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Visionary is a UK wide membership organisation for local independent charities that support blind and partially sighted people. We provide a wide range of support to enable our members to be the best they can be – visit our website for more details on what we do or ask one of our members!

Thanks to a significant funding package from the Thomas Pocklington Trust, we have four exciting vacancies. If you want to play an active and influential role in improving the community sight loss sector we want to hear from you.

All posts are UK wide and full time. We are a home-based team with frequent travel and overnight stays. You will be resilient, curious, open to change, creative and innovative – with an eye for detail. 

Job Purpose

The main purpose of this, and all Visionary roles, is to play an active and influential role in improving the community sight loss sector so that people living with sight loss have equality of opportunity, wherever they are in the UK.

This role is an agent for positive change within the sector and will work with local sight loss organisations to facilitate their development, consolidation, growth, merger - basically whatever is needed - to make the community sight loss sector stronger and better.

About this role

The purpose of this post is to be the person at the centre of the organisation – co-ordinating all administration for Visionary. Taking guidance and direction from the Knowledge, Research and Compliance Lead you will work closely with the whole Visionary team, listening to them, hearing what they say, offering thought and input and providing administration and CRM database support within the boundaries of our agreed annual workstreams. This is a varied role, comprising a mix of scheduled and ad-hoc tasks.

What kind of person likes to work here?

First and foremost, you should have a desire for social change.  You might not fully understand the importance of people with lived experience being in control of their own destiny – but you should want to find out why that is a good thing! 

You will be someone who likes to work with others. You should be curious and interested in our work and what difference we make. Although you do not need to be an expert in CRM Databases, you should have an interest in data systems, with a logical and process-driven brain - wanting to learn more. You should be efficient and organised and like to produce things which look neat and beautiful.  You should be hard working and willing to finish what you start and share what you learn.

People who are open to new ideas and feel comfortable with change are probably going to be ok.  People who like the same routine every day are likely to explode. 

Finally – we like to laugh. Quite often at each other. So no divas. 

How to apply

Please read our job pack for the full person specification and more informaiton and apply on our website.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 17th February 2020

Interview Dates 24th or 25th March (alternative dates not available), Location to be confirmed – reasonable expenses will be paid.

Recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Mental Health service in Redbridge!

GBP 21,944 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more

Carolyn House provides support for adults with high level mental health needs for up to two years. Eight individuals are supported in an accommodation-based service that consists of eight self-contained studio flats with additional communal facilities. The Service operates 24/7, Monday to Sunday including sleep ins. Also 3 months outreach support is also provided to customers following move-on, supporting them to transition to more independent living. The aim is to support customers on the journey to recovery whilst empowering customers to manage their current tenancies and to work towards preparation for more independent living accommodation through person centred support.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere.
- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Contract Manager.
- Provide customer medication support and ensuring that medication procedures are followed.
- Conduct regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.
- Ensure ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'.
- Provide support with daily living activities, as well as practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, community activities.
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions.
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available.
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive customer records to professional standards
- Encourage and enable customers to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

- Experience working in mental health

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

Application

To make an application, please download the acompanying recruitment pack and submit your CV along with a cover letter in Word format, which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the Person Specification outlined in the Recruitment Pack and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

To shortlist for interview, we score people based on whether they have the skills outlined in the person specification and the experience relevant to the role they are applying for.  Please include enough details in your personal statement for us to be able to do this. 

We require that you submit your Covering Letter and CV in Word as we will be conducting a blind recruitment process which means that all names and identifying information will be removed from your application before being presented to the selection panel.

The deadline is 10am Monday 25th February 2020. Please submit directly to the email address stated in the recruitment pack.

Groundswell is seeking an experienced individual, with a track record of supporting people to volunteer and get involved in their communities. As our award winning HHPA programme grows, we need to invest in recruiting new volunteers with lived experience of homelessness and ensure that existing volunteers are properly supported and able to input fully into what we do. 

This role will be responsible for working with partnership organisations across London to develop a recruitment programme, including pre-volunteering workshops to help people explore whether volunteering is a good option for them.  The Volunteer Co-ordinator will also be responsible for making sure that we have the right systems in place to support our volunteers and help them develop within their roles. You will be playing a crucial role in a growing and dynamic charity which is committed inclusive solutions to tackling homelessness.

You will be managed and supported by our Director of Advocacy and will work closely with our Project Managers, the Progression Team and our Training Manager. Your work will also be part of our ongoing project to create people management systems that support individuals with lived experience of homelessness to transition into, and maintain, volunteer and paid roles. You will be based in our office in Brixton. The post will support our work across London but learning from the work will be shared with HHPA projects setting up in other areas.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on Monday 2nd March 2020.  If you have not been notified by this date, then please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are looking for two part time Volunteer Coordinators to cover West Mercia. We will consider this as one full time position, if desired.

West Mercia Victim Support is looking for two part-time Volunteer Coordinators to cover West Mercia. One post will be based in our central Worcester office, the other in our Telford office. We will consider a full time post to cover the whole area if desired.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The post holder will be responsible for recruiting, managing and developing volunteers to support victims of crime and to also recruit, manage and develop office based, community engagement and fundraising volunteers with the appropriate skills. You will also develop and enhance key stakeholder relationships with a view to enhancing service delivery partnership working and identifying and assisting in obtaining local funding and to maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness as well as occasional anti-social hours, and the need for a criminal record check and police vetting is essential.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (s). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role. If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.