(Part time – 21 hours per week, maternity cover - 9 months with the possibility of extending to 12 months)

Could you use your gifts of project and people management to ensure that top quality communications reach the doors of our supporters on time and on budget? Can you bring order to complicated thinking and processes, and support your team to do the same?

We are looking for a Team Leader who will guide our Operations and Resources team. You’ll be essential to ensuring the team provide the Communications and Funding department with the project management and infrastructure they need to produce resources which inspire and engage our supporters.

As the Operations and Resources Team Leader you’ll ensure the three teams within our department work together seamlessly. You’ll lead your team to oversee cross-team scheduling and ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget. You’ll be the final word on quality control, ensuring our resources meet our high standards. As part of the department leadership team, you’ll help ensure we‘re on track to achieve our goals.

This varied, challenging and rewarding role needs someone with superb people and organisational skills. You’ll be approachable, building rapport with colleagues, external partners, and service providers. You won’t shy away from asking the difficult questions which keep us on track. Just like us, you’ll be driven by sharing our vision for a world made better through knowing Christ.

The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement. Staff are currently working a combination of home and office work. We are open to consider flexible working arrangements, including fully remote working. 

Location : Remote / home working 

Hours   : 21 hours per week (split across 3,4 or 5 days)

Salary range : £28,075 to £35,812 (pro-rata for part time position)

Closing date : 9 am, Monday 6 December 2021

Interview date : Week beginning - 13 December 2021  

If you would like to discuss this role further, please feel free to contact Sarah Anthony or Ben Drabble (Directors of Communication) at BMS World Mission, Didcot

Early applications are encouraged as will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so please send your completed application form. 

Location

This role can be worked entirely remotely or hybrid working with attendance at offices in London and Bridport, Dorset

Job Purpose

To uphold the values of the charity, its purpose being to provide free, expert tax advice to all those who need it.

To lead the support of a volunteer team of over 300, who undertake casework on tax issues to resolve the problems faced by our beneficiaries. 

To manage the administration team who support our volunteers.

We are looking for someone who brings enthusiasm for the development of our volunteering programmes to meet the objectives of the charity and the aspirations of our volunteers.

Main Responsibilities

Organise the recruitment, induction and ongoing development of volunteers, in line with volunteering best practice, responding promptly to all volunteering enquiries.

Identify opportunities for the development of our volunteering programme to enhance the experience of our volunteers and meet our beneficiary needs.

Maintain accurate volunteer records, including a database of volunteers and any associated administration, including DBS checks where needed.

Create a sense of belonging and teamwork, communicating with and motivating volunteers and ensuring that volunteers are completing tasks in a timely manner.

Collate regular feedback from volunteers and liaise with the Advice Manager to organise training events and regular updates to address any training needs and implement other improvements needed as identified via feedback.

To effectively manage a team of office administrative staff, including supervision and day to day support and recruitment.

Evaluate the administrative department regularly and implement improvements.

Support volunteers with the functional aspect of Salesforce (Client Relationship Management system). Acting as a first point of contact for system queries, ensuring issues are identified and resolved quickly.

To promote the service provided by our volunteer network with other advice agencies, building referral partnerships, local tax surgeries and creating opportunities to increase awareness of our service through workshops and training sessions.  

Project Lead - All Active Together

Home Based position covering the whole of England so ideally you need to be based in England

This is a fixed term contract over 3 years as part of our National Lottery funding from Sport England.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join our team to lead on and co-ordinate the delivery of our All Active Together to connect volunteers, disabled people and local, grassroots, and national organisations to re-build post-COVID more inclusively, creating equal opportunities to access physical activities, regardless of age, background or ability. As well as enabling individual disabled people to access physical activities, our project also focuses on creating more inclusive communities for the future through making existing provision more accessible.

Part of our community engagement team, you will provide leadership across the project to ensure success, working closely with our delivery team and colleagues across other directorates. You’ll need to have demonstrable experience in project management, volunteer management, and ideally in community development approaches. Excellent communication skills, and the ability to effectively network and build relationships are essential to this varied role.

As this role is home based covering the UK, you must be able to work remotely and undertake travel occasionally, including staying away from home.

We seek candidates who can demonstrate a genuine commitment to our values and ethos.

About Leonard Cheshire:

Leonard Cheshire supports individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services for people with disabilities, we do everything humanly possible to empower people to live their lives as freely and as fully as they choose.

What We Offer:

• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover
• Substantial annual leave, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

Closing date: 8 December 2021

* No agencies please *

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.

We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We want what you would want for your best friend. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. And we challenge perpetrators to change, asking ‘why doesn’t he stop?’ rather than ‘why doesn’t she leave?’ This applies whatever the gender of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship.

Last year alone, nearly 13,500 professionals received our training. Over 70,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last four years, over 2,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

As Practice Consultant, you will pro-actively support your Head and line manager, demonstrating leadership and strong supportive role in your team’s contribution to delivering the provision of highquality support, in strategic and operational environments. You will be skilled and confident about building high trust relationships, contributing to securing a strong network across the UK and quality within our accreditation services.

You will take responsibility to motivate yourself and build a wide skill set both personally and within the team, sharing expertise and encouraging everyone to work at their best together. Practice Consultants act as a critical friend to local areas and services, supporting, advising and guiding them through a combination of free and paid for expert support. Building relationships with national partners and local areas to develop coordinated, dynamic responses to domestic abuse and related safeguarding issues; seeing the whole picture for each family member to keep people safe sooner.

In order to complement our existing expertise in the Practice team we would be particularly interested to hear from applicants with backgrounds in either Criminal Justice, Health or Social Work.

Practice Consultants work within the Practice Team to lead our work to transform the multi-agency response to domestic abuse and how families are safeguarded. Our Whole Picture strategy sets out an ambitious vision to end domestic abuse, looking from the perspective of the whole family and this team is at the very heart of delivery, increasing safety sooner for all those at risk.

Working nationally supporting your Head and team to establish a framework for disseminating best practice, embedding quality and enabling statutory and voluntary sectors to work better together to improve the experience and outcomes for children, adults and families. You will combine deep practice experience with an entrepreneurial mind-set, focused on walking alongside partners to devise pragmatic solutions to complex problems.

Benefits include a generous package including 26 days' holiday a year and public holidays, employee
pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year
Employee Assistance Programme.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9 December 2021.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Role description

Title: Programme Diversity & Inclusion Lead (Team Manager)

Salary: £28k-32k dependent on experience

Reporting line:  Deputy Head of the Academy Ambassadors Programme  

Location:  This is a full time, permanent role. As a result of changes made during the pandemic, all roles are currently based from home (subject to ongoing organisational review).

Benefits: Flexible working; company pension contribution; generous leave allowance; Cycle to Work scheme, access to central location office space (depending on location)

Process: Candidates are invited to submit a CV along with a cover letter, stating their suitability for the role and how they fit the key competencies, skills and experience. Successful applicants will be invited to interview, to be conducted remotely.

Background:

The Academy Ambassadors Programme (AAP) is a not-for-profit programme, funded by the Department for Education. It matches senior leaders from the corporate sector, as well as senior education sector leaders, with academy trusts seeking board members. These individuals bring high-calibre expertise in a variety of areas, including finance, legal, risk, HR, estates and audit, as well as independent challenge, scrutiny and accountability to the boards of trusts – some of which are small, single-school entities while others can comprise dozens of schools, and operate with large publically-funded budgets. Since 2013, the programme has helped to source and place over 2,000 senior leaders in governance roles across all parts of England.

The programme helps inspirational educationalists and talented business leaders work together to provide provide a better future for the next generation. It is committed to helping to improve the diversity and makeup of academy trust boards to not only more appropriately represent the communities they serve, but also to provide better balance of perspective and lived experience.

AAP is delivered by New Schools Network, a charity that is passionate about improving the quality of education in England. NSN was established in 2009. It’s purpose is to ensure that every child has an equal chance to succeed, irrespective of their background, by supporting communities to establish, run and improve schools.  

An unacceptable number of children fail to reach their potential because they lack access to an excellent education. Too often, a child’s background dictates their destination in life, entrenching inequality and impacting communities for generations to come.

New Schools Network is passionate about ending educational inequality once and for all.

We envisage a country where every child has an equal chance to succeed in life, irrespective of their background. Through our programmes, we partner with individuals, groups, trusts and business leaders to establish, run and improve pioneering and innovative schools.

New Schools Network is powered by a dynamic and enthusiastic team, united by a passion for improving life chances for children through education.

Our values are:

We take action to generate change.

We embrace innovation.

We believe in individual agency.

We celebrate diversity.

We commit to continuous improvement.

Role summary

The Programme Diversity & Inclusion Lead (Team Manager) is a new role. The role is responsible for ensuring the programme meets its targets in increasing the diversity of applicants to the programme and ensuring that all recruitment and screening practices are inclusive, ultimately impacting on improved board diversity across academy trusts, especially those identified as ‘high need’ trusts, in England.

You will also have line management responsibility of two Recruiters and be accountable for regional delivery targets across your team (both within the DfE-funded services and NSN’s Premium paid-for services to trusts).

Key Responsibilities

The role-holder will be responsible for

• managing the Academy Ambassadors Programme (AAP) team of recruiters to support academy trusts to recruit trustees/non-executive directors (NEDs) to their boards;
• devising and leading on delivery of a focused D&I strategic plan, integrating actions to existing practises, championing D&I in all areas of programme activity and ensuring AAP is consistently and appropriately working to ensure fair and equitable access to governance roles;
• ensuring Ambassadors appointed through AAP are successfully onboarded and supported during their induction and beyond;  
• delivering their own portfolio of key regional recruitment activity;
• operating as a key point of contact for trusts seeking paid-for ‘premium’ recruitment support, managing client accounts and coordinating with the wider team to ensure delivery of an excellent service;
• line managing two members of staff: Recruiter and Junior Recruiter, including training and CPD opportunities, workload monitoring and performance management in contribution towards NSN and AAP objectives.

Key Skills

Candidates must be able to demonstrate strong and well developed skills in:

• Successfully delivering a high volume of tasks to meet the needs of a large customer base
• Coaching / mentoring colleagues
• Leading / chairing meetings
• Delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders
• Customer relationship management
• Communication – on and offline
• Time and diary management

Key competencies:

Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following traits and attributes:

• Organisation / multi-tasking
• Passion for education and/or governance
• The desire to work collaboratively
• Initiative
• Excellent interpersonal communication
• The ability to solve problems by designing creative solutions
• The ability to ‘take others with you’ when working on projects

Expertise or experience in any of the following will be an advantage:

• Experience working in a relevant role or organisation/s;
• Experience of working in a recruitment or customer service role, in a coaching / line management / team leader capacity;
• Experience of leading, or contributing towards, a successful D&I strategy within a non-profit sector organisation;
• Experience in proactively leading, maintaining and enhancing relationships with external stakeholders of all levels.

Salary

£28,000-£32,000 dependent on experience.

Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.

You will be part of an organisation that has been recognised nationally as an outstanding place to work. In 2021, we were listed 69th in the prestigious 100  Large Best Companies to Work For.  We were also awarded a 2-star accreditation by Best Companies, recognising outstanding levels of workplace engagement and were listed in the 75 Best Companies to Work for in the East of England and the Charity’s 30 Best Companies to Work For.

We are looking for a confident and ambitious fundraiser to join our regional community team. The Regional Fundraising Officer role will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. The role will cover Central England including but not limited to, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

This region is full of exciting fundraising events, now all we need is a dedicated fundraiser to seek out further opportunities to engage with and secure income from individuals, groups and corporates across the region.

Main tasks include:

• Provide high-quality account/relationship management to volunteer groups and regional corporate partners.
• Identify and apply for ‘Charity of the Year’ partnerships with corporates in the region, account manage these relationships up to a value of £16,000 per annum and support with partnerships with a value of up to £100,000.
• Support existing volunteer fundraisers to encourage continued loyalty to the charity and to maximise funds raised, in accordance with fundraising legislation and good practice.
• Use own initiative to extend volunteer networks, recruit new volunteers, develop new groups and supporters, and respond to fundraising opportunities.
• Ensure that fundraising activity is implemented and managed locally by supporting and facilitating the development of groups and volunteers across the region.
• Liaise with local community organisations to extend income and activity in line with strategy.
• Provide face-to-face talks and presentations to community organisations.
• Arrange appropriate volunteer representation at events in the community, spreading the charity’s reach cost-effectively.

We are looking for:

• Experience in working to ambitious targets.
• Experience in regional corporate acquisition and account management.
• Understanding and practice of recruiting and supporting volunteer Fundraising Groups.
• Proven ability of providing excellent stewardship of our supporters.
• Experience in partnership fundraising and/or relationship building.
• Experience in public-speaking, such as giving presentations and talking at events.
• Comfortability in working remotely with a high standard of internal communications.
• Knowledge of recruiting key volunteers and fundraising supporters.
• Excellent customer service, communication, verbal and written skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• An ability to manage a busy and varied workload.
• Knowledge of Institute of Fundraising Codes of Fundraising Practice and legal framework of event management and fundraising ethics.

Location: Home based within Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, or Hertfordshire

Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum, plus benefits, car allowance and associated expenses (if applicable).

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.

The closing date for applications is the 28 November 2021. We would encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Should we wish to contact you to arrange an earlier interview this will be arranged based on the availability of the candidate and the panel. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend on a certain date.

In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.

To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.

We are looking for a dynamic sports coach to join the team who is excited by variety and challenge, with a passion to change young people’s lives for the better. You will deliver on a variety of programmes particularly the female cohorts of Street Elite. You will help recruit vulnerable inner city young women who have issues such as poor mental health or low self-esteem or troubled relationship history. You will use a variety of  sport and fitness activities to engage the women and through weekly sessions following a set programme develop their life skills . The programme then develops with a community activity and a work placement. The programme is highly successful as over 80 % of the participants progress to  employment training or education. You will be a keen sports player with great hand eye coordination skills and whilst you may specialise in one sport you must be able to adapt to running sessions using a wide variety of sports such as netball, dodgeball, football, table tennis, fencing and NFL flag. You will receive training in how to coach these sports. As important is an ability to understand, empathise and then challenge and support young women to make positive changes in their lives.

You can work be based home or from our HQ sports ground in Wallington Surrey. You will need to travel daily to deliver sessions at various locations in London.

The Change Foundation is an innovative award-winning charity improving the lives of marginalised, young people in London and the UK using the power of sport. The Change Foundation is always adapting, evolving, innovating and moves fast

Role purpose:

To deliver high impact sport for social change programmes for girls and young women combining coaching, mentoring and youth work for a charity that thinks differently about sport.

Key responsibilities:

• Delivering The Change Foundation’s Street Elite programme specifically the female cohorts.
• Delivering on other programmes such as Girls Win, Generation STORM and Netball 4 Change
• Mentoring girls and young women on The Change Foundation’s programmes.
• Recruiting girls and young women onto The Change Foundation’s women and girls’ programmes.
• Developing relationships with referral agencies, local authorities, youth groups and other stakeholders to create a recruitment network for vulnerable young women and girls.

Person specification:

You are a solution focussed coach with a track record of delivering sport for social change programmes. You will understand the sport for development sector and feel comfortable working in a dynamic and active team. A self-starter full of energy and enthusiasm who is flexible and patient. You have a strong belief and commitment to equal opportunities and social inclusion.

Essential criteria:

• Level 2 sports coaching qualification
• At least two years’ experience coaching young people
• Ability to develop successful relationships with young people from different backgrounds
• Ability to teach key transferable skills through sport
• Ability to develop training plans and session plans
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent administration skills

Desirable criteria:

• Project management skills
• Passionate and committed to providing more opportunities for vulnerable young people to help them fulfil their potential
• Desire to add value to a dynamic team
• Willingness to think innovatively and try new ideas to help young people reach their potential

Safeguarding duties and responsibilities

The Change Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The following duties are expected of all staff:

• Proactively ensuring the effective implementation of Child Protection and other related policies.
• Ensuring full compliance with all relevant statutory regulations as well as all Change Foundation policies.
• Communicating appropriately with all stakeholders including colleagues, participants, partner organisations.

Signalise Co-op Bookings Administrator

Friendly, professional, enthusiastic and dedicated to social values? We need you! 

£20-23k per annum depending on experience (plus London weighting if applicable). 

37.5 hours Monday - Friday, with additional on-call rota days (1 weekend in 4, plus 2 evenings per week, toil for any work done in those hours). Home based with quarterly face-to-face team meetings. Equipment will be provided.

Signalise is a platform co-op providing British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administrator to join our dynamic and supportive team. You will work closely with our Communication Services Team Leader to provide a high quality and efficient service, helping the business to achieve agreed targets whilst working to the co-operative’s ethos.

Responsibilities will include coordinating bookings of BSL interpreters for Deaf people in a variety of areas in a fast-paced environment. Accepting and making calls. Dealing with bookings and general enquiries. Supporting marketing and business development and communicating to members and external stakeholders. Creating reports, minutes and proofreading documents, supporting other staff where necessary. 

Requirements: 

• Excellent customer service skills and comfortable in a client-facing role

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

• Ability to meet strict deadlines, follow contractual service levels and prioritise your time effectively

• Excellent IT skills with good knowledge of Word, Excel, Databases with the ability to learn how to use dashboards and other applications

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

• Ability to follow processes and develop these where needed

• Problem solving skills and the ability to think outside the box

• Ability to work autonomously, yet with full support from management

Desirable: 

• Knowledge of BSL interpreting and other communication support provisions e.g. lip speaker, deafblind interpreting communication support

• BSL skills to level 3

• Understanding of Deaf community members communication needs

• Understanding of Deaf culture

Our co-operative is co-run and co-owned by its members, who are Deaf people and BSL interpreters. As an employee you can become a member and have a say in how the business is run. We are keen to receive applications from members of the Deaf community. Annual leave is 30 days (including public holidays) with an additional day off for your birthday!

Education and Training Lead, South East England (Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent)

Part-time at 28 hours

Home Based – with regular travel within the South East region

Salary: £25,375 - £28,420 (f/t equivalent, pro-rata)

Permanent

Closing date for applications is Monday, 6 December 2021 at 12:00pm.

Interviews will be held via video conference during the week commencing Monday 13 December 2021.

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice, and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms. We work across the UK and deliver support and treatment both directly and through a network of locally based partners. We are looking for an Education and Training Lead in the South East of England to join our expanding programme.

Do you have experience of working with children and young people in a youth work or similar setting? Do you want to make a difference by raising awareness of gambling-related harms and promoting safer gambling to young people and youth-facing professionals in the South East region? If so, you could be exactly who we are looking for.

You don’t need to have experience or understanding of gambling harms, you just need to have the enthusiasm to learn all about it in a non-judgemental way. We do need you to have great facilitation and training skills; be able to promote our services and build strong regional networks to raise awareness of how gambling-related harms can affect young people and their communities.

You will form part of an enthusiastic team who are committed to supporting those affected by gambling-related harm across the United Kingdom, and work with a supportive programme leadership team.

The role will require you to travel and deliver training and workshops in the South East (Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent) region, as well as complete administrative work at home.

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

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

To discuss the role further please email Katie Griffiths, Quality and Performance Team Leader

Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

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Employment Advisors WHP JETS (Homebased)

Location: Home Based covering Home Counties - Geographical areas include: East of England - Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk

Fixed Term Contract until Sept 2022

Salary £22,000 - £27,000 per annum

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week.

Job Ref 22269

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services and looking for Employment Advisors to work on the Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).

You will be providing advice and support to guide and encourage participants to overcome barriers to employment and achieve realistic job goals. This will be mainly delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

Reporting to a Team Leader, you will manage a caseload of participants, managing their journey to employment, offering advice and direction to enable participants to access support they need. The role will also involve re-building participant confidence and self-efficacy following a period on unemployment.

The ideal candidates will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries. Additionally, an understanding of government funded employment programmes such as the Work and Health Programme would be an advantage.

Opportunities are also available covering the following areas:

Central England - Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Home Counties - Geographical areas include: East of England - Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk

London - Geographical areas include: Barnet, Brent Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow, Harrow and Hillingdon

Benefits include:

Competitive Salary.

Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.

Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.

Enhanced annual leave.

For full details including the Job Description, Person Specification and how to apply online please click on the "Apply on website" button quoting ref: 22269.

Closing date: 7th December 2021.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Right to Work Checks

To comply with Home Office legislation on Right to Work checks we need to conduct in person Right to Work identification checks to verify eligibility to work in the UK. For virtual interviews we ask candidates to show their Right to Work identification during the interview. If a candidate who had a virtual interview is offered a role, they will need to complete an in person Right to Work identification check prior to joining Shaw Trust. This can be done on site or where that is not possible, we will ask new joiners to send their ID to our central office via the Royal Mail Special Delivery service which is fully tracked.

Homebased (guidance will be given on travel to and from activities)

Are you passionate about supporting young people with disabilities? Do you have experience in supporting activity and employment programmes for young people? Can you work with stakeholders to increase the numbers of young people involved in services?

Whizz-Kidz is recruiting a Service Delivery Manager (South) to manage our services across the South of England including activity programmes, wheelchair skills training and employability schemes. We are looking for an individual with experience in youth work who is a strong communicator and works well as part of a wider young people’s team. 

Closing Date: Friday 10th December, 5pm

Proposed Interview Date: 20th December, venue TBC

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Whizz-Kidz is the working name of The Movement for Non-Mobile Children (Whizz-Kidz). Registered charity No. 802872.  Company registered in England and Wales No. 2444520.  Charity registered in Scotland No. SC042607.

Dementia Connect Local Services Manager

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Flexible across the Area boundaries in Greater Manchester
Salary: £32,622 - £35,624 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 09 December 2021
Interview Date: 22nd December via Teams/Zoom

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 5pm on the closing date.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

About the role

As a Dementia Connect Local Services Manager you will have the rewarding opportunity to manage dementia services across the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

You will provide local operational leadership and management to support the Area Manager to deliver the Society’s strategy. The role will lead local delivery of high quality, person-centred, safe and secure dementia services and lead the implementation of operational business management systems. You will champion the delivery of quality in everything we do, ensuring that people affected by dementia are at the heart of our service delivery.

About you

You will be educated to NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience and have experience of leading teams to deliver high performance outcomes to excellent quality standards, including through periods of significant change.

An understanding of dementia is desirable - but not essential. We are looking for a person who wants to be part of a fantastic team creating a supportive environment to help people affected by dementia.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.

You may have experience of the following: Service Manager, Services Manager, Registered Manager, Care Manager, Care Management, Dementia Services, Dementia Support, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector, etc.

Ref: 105 019

The National Fire Chiefs Council is looking for a highly motivated Benefits Manager to join its busy Portfolio Office on a secondment or fixed term contract. The Portfolio Office currently has several national change programmes in flight delivering improvement products and guidance to the UK fire and rescue service.

The Benefits Manager will have responsibility for developing and maintaining the Benefits Management Framework within the NFCC Portfolio. The post holder will use a structured benefits management methodology to ensure benefits identified can be measured using DOAM and tracked with available data sets through to Benefits Realisation. They may be required to lead several pieces of work simultaneously.

If you think you could be the right person for this demanding but rewarding role in our team then we look forward to hearing from you!

Applicants who are successfully shortlisted will need to complete an assessment and will take part in a competency-based interview process.

Further information on the duties and responsibilities of the role can be found in the job description and person specification. Interested candidates should send an up-to-date CV and a personal statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why the role appeals to you and what skills, experiences and personal attributes you feel you can contribute.

We are looking for a Combined Independent Domestic Violence Advisor for 37 hours a week based at our Exeter office with opportunities to work from home. This role will cover Exeter, East and Mid Devon.

Please go to our website for the full job description, person specification and application form for the role. We do not accept CVs and only accept application forms.

You will be part of an experienced team providing high quality advice, guidance and support to victims of domestic violence and/or abuse enabling them to live safely.

You will be expected to provide a timely pro-active service to male and female victims of domestic violence and abuse, who have been assessed as being at high and medium risk of domestic abuse; working within a multi-agency setting to ensure risk is reduced.

Essential Criteria for the role:

· Experience of working with victims of domestic abuse or other vulnerable people in a challenging environment

· Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding

· An understanding of confidentiality principles

· Understanding of domestic violence issues and its impact on all those involved

· Proven experience n support work

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This is a fixed term contract for 12 months, maternity cover.