Creative Support is looking for a motivated individual to assist in the management of our dedicated staff team based at our Northampton supported living service for individuals with learning disabilities.

As a Team Leader you will have the confidence to lead our staff team in delivering a person-centred and flexible Northampton support service that enables service users to develop the life skills and confidence necessary for independent living, as well as participate in desired activities out in the community such as volunteering, swimming, walks and meals out.

The service is well established and provides a warm and compassionate environment for those that reside there.

Your role as Team Leader will include:

• Leading and coordinating the service, acting as the first point of contact for staff, service users and professionals regarding the running of the service
• Completing the service rota, deploying staff in line with commissioned hours and ensuring the rota is monitored daily to check there is ample staff cover
• Providing person centred support for people with learning disabilities based at the service. This includes providing respectful personal care, emotional and practical support with daily activities and living tasks
• Supporting people to achieve positive outcomes

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in service management, collaborating with service users, families and involved professionals to maximise outcomes for individuals based at our Northampton service.

For our Team Leader role you will need previous experience of supervising staff.  You will also need to possess a level 3 in health and social care, with prior experience in supporting service users with learning disabilities.

A clean driving licence and access to a car is also required for this role.

Our staff benefits include:

• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution
• 33 days annual leave, with a holiday bonus after two years of service
• A range of training and development courses to further your personal and professional development
• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hours teams

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

Our Crisis Cafes offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental environment outside of normal working hours for those who feel in mental distress or crisis. The role will involve assessing needs and offering one to one support to service users to enable them to begin the process of improving their mental health and wellbeing.

This role will be part of a larger Crisis Café team made up of Crisis Recovery Workers, Crisis Peer Support Workers, Team Leaders and volunteers.

Job title: Crisis Recovery Worker
Job number: 425
Working base: Milton Keynes
Reports to: MK Crisis Café Team Leader
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £20,700 FTE (Actual salary £10,070.27 per annum)
Contracted hours: 18 Hours per week  
Working days: 3 days per week, worked flexibly across 7 days (Mon-Sun)
Working Hours: 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Flexibility Required: Evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references  
Start date: As soon as possible

The Milton Keynes Crisis Café offers an array of support that includes: 1:1s; informal peer support/refreshments and also telephone support (for MK residents only) to enable service users to improve their mental health and wellbeing.  It provides a collaborative and positive working approach with service users and colleagues that also gives insight into the vast amount of support available around Milton Keynes. All de-escalation approaches capture Mind BLMK’s ethos, vision, values plus our policies and procedures.  Training will be provided

Job Description:

• Deliver crisis focussed one-to-ones and ensure outcomes which supports individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in Bedford, Luton or MK in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed crisis service and requirements as well as contract requirements
• Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access to services process and undertaking one-to-ones.
• Contribute to maintaining effective volunteer workforce for the service, in line with policies, procedures and guidance.
• Carry out health & safety, cash handling and data collection responsibilities in line with policies, procedures and guidance.

Closing date: 5pm, Wednesday 27 October 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position. 

Mind BLMK has been annually assessed and approved as a Disability Confident Employer and has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008.

No agencies please.

We are looking for experienced professionals to work in either our Aylesbury of High Wycombe branch, providing a comprehensive recovery focused service for people with drug and alcohol issues.  The Oasis Partnership works alongside the NHS  and Connections in the delivery of the One Recovery Bucks service.   We are looking to recruit people who are client-focussed and have a strong desire to make a difference to other people's lives.  If you have the capacity to comfortably hold a caseload of service users with complex needs, then please contact us for further details

Our clients values and ethos simply expressed are care, compassion, and commitment, and love for the people they work with and serve. Their values are practically expressed in humble service, helping those in need, in poverty and experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation.

In living out these values as an organisation they will seek as a priority to recruit trustees, staff and volunteers who are committed to and actively live out these values in contributing to the work of their  teams.

Find out about volunteering opportunities with them. 

Location: Luton

Hours: 37.5 hours / week, Monday to Friday – Fixed term 12 months

Salary: £28,000 to £32,000 per year

They are seeking to recruit an Employment Manager for a 12 month contract (maternity cover) who will live out their core values in managing and organising their employment programs across Luton and Bedfordshire. You will be a people centred person and will manage strong teams across their organisation to support people in moving away from homelessness and into sustainable living through employment. You will develop and manage the delivery of high-quality employment programs that meet the needs and aspirations of the people we seek to serve.

Successful candidate will take on overall responsibility for managing the Academy employment projects and employment support teams, have knowledge and understanding of the employment sector as well as good people skills and ability to develop strong and productive relationships with commissioners, employers, funders and partners. Ideal candidates will have strong people management skills and ability to lead teams with a professional and caring approach.

This role will include traveling between sites, so having your own transport will be essential.

Key responsibilities

• Lead on employment project management and monitoring for all Luton and Bedfordshire projects and activities
• Strategic development of employment services and social enterprises
• Liaise and build effective and productive relationships with commissioners and commercial partners
• Maintain records required by external agencies developing and filing reports and information as required by given deadlines
• Manage the internal and external referrals process fostering excellent relationships with internal teams in Welfare and Social Enterprise as well as with key external organisations, partners and stakeholders
• Build and maintain lasting and productive relationships with funders, stakeholders and commercial partners

Required Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above
• Degree level qualifications preferably in business or commerce, or equivalent experience
• At least 2 years of proven successful project management or business development
• At least 2 years’ experience of successful supervision or management in an educational or training setting
• Full Driving Licence

Desirable Qualifications

• Project management – Prince 2 or equivalent
• Financial/budgeting qualifications

Our client is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills, and work experience opportunities in their charitable businesses. They are a Living Wage Employer and are committed to promoting wellbeing and a work-life balance amongst their staff.

To apply for this exciting post, please submit your CV along with the Supporting Statement to let them know why you are perfect for the role!

You may have experience of the following: Employment Manager, Academy Manager, Business Development Manager, Project Manager, Business Development, Educational, Training, Learning and Development Manager, L&D Consultant, Learning & Development Manager, CPD, Head of Learning and Development, L&D Project Manager, Learning and Development Officer, Continuous Professional Development, Learning and Development Consultant, etc

Ref: 103 683

Transitions UK is an exciting and growing charity, currently working across Herts, Beds, Bucks, N London, S Birmingham and Leicester. We were specifically set up 7 years ago to address the needs of a “lost generation” of 15-25 year olds. Needed more than ever, we work with young people with learning disabilities, mental health & emotional issues, young people leaving care and those at risk of offending/exploitation. 

Hub Coordinator, Attain Project, Central Bedfordshire  

– Young People Leaving Care -  

25 – 37.5 hours per week to suit, £21,450 to £24,000 pro rata 

We are seeking a Coordinator to run our Hub in Central Bedfordshire, supporting 15-20 young people. Attain has been running for a number of years in adjoining counties.

You will recruit, deploy, co-ordinate and support a team of around 20-25 volunteer adult mentors. The Project supports beneficiaries through a two- year transition programme, helping them to make an effective journey towards independence, adulthood and a positive lifestyle and future.

You will work from home, from our office in Breachwood Green and within the community. YP are based around South Central Beds including Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade. 

You are an excellent organiser, team leader and communicator with a hands-on approach. Ideally you will have experience of care and care leaving, either personally or professionally. A key part of the role will be helping to develop stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for YP - and then supporting adult mentors to help young care leavers to make the most of them and attain their potential. You will help YP with personal life planning and personal and skills development. You will be excited by the opportunities in a charity and project which are needed more than ever and determined to achieve excellent results for the young people we support. 

Scripture Union is passionate about seeing a new generation of children and young people have a vibrant, personal faith in Jesus. We are seeking a Mission Events Coordinator, to support Scripture Union’s national and regional events ministry by providing efficient support to the event leaders, volunteers, and regional teams. The Mission Events Coordinator works closely with the regional teams to empower effective volunteer ministry, co-ordinating the infrastructure that facilitates Scripture Union’s holidays and mission.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with volunteers.
• Have excellent customer service skills.
• Have knowledge of the legislation relating to Health and Safety for public events.
• Have experience of coordinating a significant administrative function.
• Be skilled user of Microsoft Word and Excel packages.
• Have experience managing database systems.
• Understand General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) principles.

If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. For more details or to apply, please visit our website and download an application pack.

We provide a range of benefits to reward our employees which includes: Opportunities for some flexible/home working. Annual leave, above statutory leave entitlement. Additional 5 days to volunteer on a Scripture Union event. Group pension scheme, with up to 12% employer contribution. Life insurance (death in service). Permanent health insurance (PHI) which provides 75% of base salary, after six months absence. Employee assistance programme (EAP), [email protected] services to support your health and wellbeing and free Bible reading notes.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Adelaide Nketsia, HR Officer.

Closing date: 28th October 2021

Interview date: W/B 8th November 2021

Interview location: Milton Keynes

The Movement takes Safeguarding seriously. This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service and have an occupational requirement to be filled by a committed Christian, active in church life. Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 applies.

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from people, regardless of their background.

Hertfordshire Mind Network are looking for Community Outreach Workers to join our Community Support Service.

Community Outreach Worker
Responsible to: Community Support Service Team Leader
Based: East and West Hertfordshire
Working hours: Full and part time roles
Rate of pay: £22,500 – £23,500 per annum pro rata 

Do you want to support people with mental health issues? Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress? Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Empathy, Respect, Integrity and Excellence and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing? If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.

You will be responsible for supporting people with complex needs who are suffering with mental ill health. This includes drug and alcohol difficulties. Particularly when they are coming into repeat contact with Police, Tenancy Sustainment Services, Housing and Homelessness Services and Environmental Health Services.

Working within our community support provision you will provide advice, information, onward referral and holistic support to clients with housing issues and coexisting drug and alcohol difficulties and mental ill-health.

Being able to drive and owning your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Closing date: Thursday November 4th, 2021 by 5pm
Interview date: Interviews shall take place on Friday 12th November, 2021 in Watford Wellbeing Centre

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

This is an exciting time to join Brain Tumour Research as we capitalise on the growth of the charity during the pandemic and plan to invite applications for further dedicated Centres of Excellence to bring us closer to the cure that this underfunded and devastating disease area so desperately longs for.

Brain Tumour Research is strengthening the leadership team with the introduction of a Director of Research, Policy, and Innovation, to drive forward our manifesto for change: building capacity, accelerating treatments, and increasing the national investment in brain tumour research. We wish to recruit an experienced, energetic, professional, hard-working, and hands-on individual to join our busy team and lead the development and implementation of the research and policy strategies including the establishment of further Centres with a call planned in Summer 2022.

The Director of Research, Policy and Innovation will look to significantly improve outcomes for patients within the next five to ten years, with the aim of ultimately finding a cure by:

• Building on, developing, and implementing the research strategy of Brain Tumour Research including ensuring delivery of centre programmes of research and communicating research information to our supporters and other stakeholders in an audience appropriate way.
• Taking an influential and leading role in making the UK a World Leader in neuro-oncology research and drug development, increasing the national investment in brain tumour research, working with our collaborators, the government, policy makers and larger cancer charities as well as the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, to accelerate bringing new treatments to market.

Building on the success we have had with establishing four centres and our campaigning work we are looking for someone with proven experience that will take the charity to the next level.

Help us fund the fight. Together we will find a cure.

Reports To: Chief Executive 
Location: Head Office, Milton Keynes MK5 6LB 
Salary: c £70,000 
Line Management: Head of Stakeholder Relations. In the medium term it is expected that the team will expand to include Research Communications, Research Management and Public Affairs personnel

Key relationships: 
Internal: All levels within the organisation, across all functions and in particular working with the Director of Fundraising & Supporter Care to drive income growth, the Director of Marketing and Communications to develop and implement our research communication strategy and the Director of Finance and Operations to plan and manage our grant awards.
External: Research Centres, Researchers, Clinicians, Trust and Foundations, Corporates, Donors and other Supporters, Media, Celebrities, Parliamentarians, Government and Other charities

Closing Date: Sunday 14th November  
Early applications are encouraged, interviews will commence before the closing date if suitable candidates are identified.

Interested?

Please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies, please.

Role: Community Link Worker-Social Prescribing(22.5hrs) & Administrator (7.5hrs)

Hours: 30hrs pw

Location: BMW PCN (Berryfields Surgery, Meadowcroft Surgery, Whitehill Surgery)

Salary: £18,800

Contract Duration: Permanent

Reporting to: Team Leader

ABOUT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MIND

Buckinghamshire Mind shares National Mind’s vision: “We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.”  It remains our mission to deliver high quality community-based services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

Our charity has over 500 volunteers (including 400 peer ambassadors/mentors in schools and over 100 in befriending partnerships). These dedicated individuals support our passionate staff team alongside an active service user council, who all ensure our services are tailored to need and are of the highest quality.  

Purpose of the role

The Social Prescribing service will be delivered by Community Link Workers working from GP surgeries in Primary Care Network (PCN) areas. The Community Link Worker will be directly employed by Buckinghamshire Mind.

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through GP referral to non-medical Community Link Workers (CLW’s) based in GP surgeries who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Community Link Workers work collaboratively with all local partners.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

1. Take referrals from GP practices within a primary care network.
2. Provide personalised, holistic support to individuals, their families, and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
3. Develop trusting relationships by giving people time and attention to their priorities and ‘what matters to me’.
4. Co-produce a personalised support plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
5. Managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals on the caseload.
6. To refer people back to other health professionals/ agencies when the person’s needs are beyond the scope of the Community Link Worker role.
7. To provide Administrative support to our South Asian Communities Link Worker.

Key Tasks: Referrals

1. Promoting social prescribing to patients; its role in improving health outcomes, reducing social isolation and the ability to remain independent in one’s own home for longer.
2. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.
3. Be proactive in developing strong links with GP surgery personnel to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.
4. Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.
5. Provide referrers with regular updates about social prescribing, including information on the types of people most likely to benefit from the service, how to refer and outcomes of referrals
6. Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referrers.
7. Work in close collaboration with the Prevention Matters service to maximise the availability of social prescribing across the county whilst ensuring there is no duplication of resources.

Provide personalised support

1. Meet patients on a one-to-one basis, making home visits or using digital technology such as Skype where appropriate. Give them time to tell their stories and focus on ‘what matters to me’. Build trust, providing non- judgemental support, respecting diversity, and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a patient’s assets.
2. Be a friendly source of information about wellbeing and prevention approaches.
3. Help patients identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
4. Work with the patient, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
5. Help people maintain or regain independence through developing skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
6. Work with patients to co-produce a simple personalised support plan – based on their priorities, interests, values, and motivations – including what they can expect from the groups, activities, and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.
7. Where appropriate, physically introduce patients to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.
8. Where patients may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.

Support community groups and VCSE organisations.

1. Develop supportive relationships with local Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise groups/organisations and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate, and supported referrals for the patient being introduced.
2. Work with commissioners and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in community provision.
3. Support local partners and commissioners to develop new groups and services where needed, through small grants for community groups, micro-commissioning, and development support.
4. Encourage patients who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, in order to build their skills and confidence, and strengthen community resilience.
5. Encourage patients, their families, and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering.

General tasks: Data capture

1. Work sensitively with patients, their families, and carers to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing.
2. Encourage patients, their families, and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives.
3. Support referral agencies to provide appropriate information about the patient they are referring. Use the case management system to track the patient’s progress. Provide appropriate feedback to referral agencies about the patients they referred.
4. Work closely with GP practices within the PCN to ensure that social prescribing referral codes are inputted to EMIS and that the patient’s use of the NHS can be tracked, adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements with the clinical commissioning group (CCG).
5. Work closely with our South Asian Communities Link Worker to provide administrative support and ensure that Emis is updated regularly.

Professional development

1. Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities.
2. Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
3. Work with your line manager to access regular ‘clinical supervision’, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that patients present.
4. Attend team meetings with other Community Link Workers, organised by the Team Manager.
5. Work with allocated GP who will have oversight of the successful embedding of this role into the surgeries and support with patient issues as required.

Miscellaneous

1. Work as part of a team to support the Coronavirus vaccination rollout and support the PCN with Coronavirus recovery.
2. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
3. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
4. Duties may vary from time to time in this new and developing service, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.

Person Specification

Candidates are required to meet all the essential conditions and requirements listed (E) and the majority of the desired requirements (D). Please refer to these requirements in your supporting statement as they will be used to help select candidates for interview.

Requirements

• Supports the aims and work of Buckinghamshire Mind (E)
• Maintains strict confidentiality concerning all Buckinghamshire Mind matters (E)

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Ability to listen & empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way (E)
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust & confidence, motivating Others to reach their potential (E)
• High level of written & oral communication skills with the ability to apply these effectively with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies & stakeholders (E)
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals (E)
• Ability to work from an asset-based approach, building on existing community and personal assets (E)
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues and other partners(E)
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure (E)
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative (E)
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, GDPR & Health and Safety (E)

Qualifications, Training & Experience

• Experience of working in VCS or relevant Adult health & Social care roles (E)
• Training in motivational coaching and interviewing of equivalent experience (D)
• Experience of supporting people with their mental health (in a paid or unpaid capacity) (D)
• Maintains confidentiality in line with Buckinghamshire Mind policy (E)
• Experience of Supporting people, their families/carers in a related role (D)

• Has excellent communication skills, especially with people who experience/have experienced mental health issues (E)

• Is able to network and build sustainable working partnerships with other agencies (E)

• Is able to organise own workload and work without direct supervision (E)
• Is able to keep written records and data (E)
• Understanding of equality and diversity principles (E)

Other

• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes (E)
• Meets DBS reference standards, in line with the law on spent convictions (E)

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 wellbeing days pro rata
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme – free professional confidential counselling
• Childcare vouchers
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Flu vaccinations
• Free eye tests
• Pension: Auto Enrolment (currently 5% employee contribution, 3% employer contribution)

Applications: Please send –

CV and Supporting Statement.  Your Supporting Statement should explain how your skills and experience meet each of the requirements detailed in the Person Specification.

The short-listing panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore please apply as soon as possible.

Closing date for applications is: 29th October 2021.

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including individuals with lived experience of mental health problems. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

To apply for any of our vacancies, please send your CV and covering letter.

Brand, Content & Creative Services Manager

Salary: £36,994 per annum + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week (flexible working considered)

Based: Milton Keynes (hybrid)

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced brand manager that wants to use their experience to drive our communications and campaigns forwards and change children’s lives for the better.

The right person for this role will be an experienced brand leader, energised by the opportunity to bring a brand to life for both internal and external audiences. A powerful and engaging communicator, you will inspire each member of staff across the organisation to identify with our brand and apply it to their work.

A natural storyteller, you will understand how to develop and use our brand framework and content to engage a wide range of external audiences. You will have the ability to work with senior stakeholders to define the themes the organisation should be speaking about to demonstrate relevance and get cut through within the marketplace. This role requires you to influence teams across the organisation, aligning our communications across audiences to tell powerful and consistent stories about our work, including mass market, philanthropists, corporate and church partners and institutional donors.

As part of your remit, you will guide our Public Engagement teams in using powerful content across channels – in particular the digital space – to engage our mass market audiences and to help us stand out in a crowded marketplace. You will be agile and responsive, able to recognise relevant themes and opportunities coming from both our own research and the UK news agenda to strengthen our campaigns and drive awareness and engagement.

Being an inspiring people manager, you will be able to manage and empower a busy team of expert creatives in the production of the powerful copy, engaging design and fresh video content which fuels our external communications.

As an active Christian*, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 4 November 2021

Interview Dates: TBC

*Permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family.  As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a key role within Northamptonshire Rape Crisis as part of the NRC Leadership Team supporting local survivors of sexual violence towards its vision and ambitions for the future.

You will be responsible for driving organisational change, improvement and embedding best practice across NRC support services. This new role will lead a small team and manage our services so that they adapt and respond to the changing needs of our clients. You will identify and develop responsive new services, consider creative and innovative approaches to service delivery with an aim of reducing wait times for survivors and engaging with underserved communities. 

You will drive good practice across our service provision ensuring services are consistently delivered to a high standard. 

 Why work for us?

• We are a well-respected, professional organisation that seeks continuous improvement.
•  You will work alongside a supportive team. 
• In addition to paying a competitive salary, we also look to develop our volunteers and colleagues continuously. 
• This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we move towards our next stage of development.

Download the job description for further details.

Please attach a cover letter in support of your application.

Please feel free to call the office for an informal chat regarding this role.

Closing date for all applications is Sunday 31st October 2021 at 5:30 pm.

We will be scheduling interviews as and when suitable candidates apply throughout the vacancy period.

As a Cloud-first company and a Microsoft Gold Partner, we fully embrace the cloud and are recognised leaders in helping companies transform and innovate. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, we help organisations with the successful deployment of the right technology to unlock their potential. Our friendly team of Microsoft Experts go that extra mile to ensure the success of their clients.

As a member of our Cloud Delivery team, the PMO Coordinator will support improvements to Centrality’s Project Management practices, standards and tools, ensuring compliance with these processes and embedding best practice. A fundamental part of the role is to operate the Resource Management Framework, running and improving on the processes and tools to effectively forecast, plan, schedule and monitor resourcing across the Change Portfolio.

This role will be based at our Head Office in Bedfordshire, although we support home working.

PMO Coordinator Responsibilities:

- Develop and manage the Resource Management Plan working with project managers and technical team leads to determine their input demand and supply for capabilities and capacity.
- Operation and administration of resource capacity planning and tracking to help understand resource availability.
- Monitor and report periods of high and low demand to ensure that resources are reallocated appropriately.
- Hold Project Managers accountable and escalate where necessary.
- Support the development and maintenance of generic project management standards, processes, templates, and procedures.
- Helping to ensure the completeness and regular maintenance of project plans including an up-to-date repository of projects.
- Helping to ensure Project Review Boards and Steering committees are coordinated and supported.
- Contributing to reviews and audits of the management of projects to ensure conformance to organisation standards.
- Rolling out improvement activities and or training as appropriate.
- Provide management information packs for senior stakeholders – responsible for reviewing and reporting forecast resource demand vs planned resources to assist in identifying over/under allocation and enable balancing across the portfolio.

PMO Coordinator Requirements:

- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Professional Services projects environment is considered essential.
- Experience of working for a Managed Service Provider is highly advantageous.
- PMO Accreditations from such organisation as PRINCE2, PMI, APM, PMO Learning.
- Personal drive to achieve significant change in relatively short periods of time.
- Experience of operating a project resource management process and developing improvements to it.
- Experience supporting the implementation of, and operating Project Portfolio Management toolsets (e.g., Clarity, Hub Planner, Planview, MSPS, Kaseya).
- Understanding of project governance and project management lifecycles.
- Able to lead by example with a good understanding of how the PMO team assists the organisation.
- Proficient and can advise others in project management methods, principles, techniques and tools.
- Good stakeholder management skills.
- Process orientated, an organiser with planning ability and good attention to detail.
- A team player with a desire to achieve excellence.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, written and verbal.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Lives the Centrality Values of Honesty, Expertise, Approachable, Results and Teamwork.
- Takes ownership and has a can-do attitude, positive manner.
- Calm under pressure.
- Passionate about Service Excellence.
- Amiable and flexible team player.
- Curious, inquisitive.

Please note that due to the requirements of some of our clients, a Basic DBS check is required for the successful candidate.

About Centrality:

Founded in 1996 by the current Chairman, Centrality has prided itself in growing through reputation for service excellence and commitment to delivering precisely the solutions its clients needed rather selling technology just for technology’s sake.

As a Cloud-first company and a Microsoft Gold Partner, we fully embrace the cloud and are recognised leaders in helping companies transform and innovate. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, we help organisations with the successful deployment of the right technology to unlock their potential. Our friendly team of Microsoft Experts go that extra mile to ensure the success of their clients.

Location: Meppershall, Bedfordshire and home working.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 40 per week
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Benefits: 25 days holiday a year, Company bonus scheme, Personal pension scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Death in service scheme, Commitment to training & development, Flexible working arrangements (subject to role), Free onsite refreshments, healthy snacks and a tuck shop. Monthly pizza and/or just eat vouchers a few times a year, Support to undertake charity or voluntary work, Two company parties a year to celebrate our success as a team, Westfield Health cash plan, to help with dental, and optical care as well as 24 hour access to Doctor services, Discounts at high street retailers through WestfieldRewards.

You may have experience of the following: PMO Analyst, Project Management, Programme Management, PMO Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Programme Coordinator, Project Analyst, Programme Analyst, Supply Chain, PMO Administrator, Project Administrator, Administrator, etc.

Ref: 104 030

Supporter Care Specialist (part time opportunity)

Salary – £21,326 for full time hours but negotiable

Contract: Permanent – 28 hours per week (flexible)

Based: Remote working but required on Wednesdays into

office in Milton Keynes

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join our exceptional Supporter Care team. You will be required to communicate with our wonderful supporters on a daily basis on the phone and through emails. Confidence on the phone is essential and excellent organisational skills are required. The role is varied and provides an in depth understanding of World Vision and the work we do with vulnerable children across the globe.

Our team - The team are welcoming and supportive and always willing to help. The role will require a mix of working from home and the office.

As an active Christian*, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

**Please note that you require the correct documents to work in the UK as unfortunately we are unable to sponsor any visa requests**

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

*Permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Closing Date for applications: 27 October 2021

Interview Dates: w/c 1 November 2021

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice available on our website.

No agencies please.

Head of Operations

We have a fantastic opportunity for a strong leader to join the team and deliver on all non-clinical services within St John's Hospice.

The hospice provides expert care for life-limiting conditions. They help patients and their loved ones, with everything from pain and symptom management to emotional and practical help.

Position: Head of Operations

Location: Moggerhanger, Bedford

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

Salary: £45,000 Per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Company pension scheme, 25 days holiday (pro rata), rising to 30 with length of service plus bank holidays, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, enhanced sick pay, corporate discount with hundreds of retailers and services.

About the role:

This is a newly created role that forms part of the senior leadership team at the Hospice. This post reports in to the service director and will ensure not only the smooth running of all non-clinical services but also take responsibility for business management at the centre and drive a culture of effective finance control and high professional standards.

About you:

The ideal candidate will have experience in the delivery of facilities management services in a healthcare environment to include managing and motivating teams, experience with health and safety risk assessments and budget management.

Essential job requirements include:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and qualification in financial management short of a degree level. For example HNC/HND (NVQ4)
• Facilities and/or health and safety qualification (IOSH or NEBOSH). QBE is acceptable
• Advanced Microsoft office skills

Although not essential a recognised qualification in management would also be desirable for this role.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Facilities manager, Facilities operations Manager, Head of Facilities, Facilities Director, Head of Operations Management, IOSH, NEBOSH, Health and Safety Manager, Head of Facilities & HSE, Operations/Facilities Manager, Head of Facilities, Estates and Facilities Manager, Strategic Facilities Manager, Senior Facilities Coordinator, Facilities & Contract Manager, etc.