We are looking for a capable, confident and experienced PA and office manager to work at a senior level in a well-respected charity. The role involves supporting the Chief Executive, SMT and Trustee Board and includes responsibility for HR and office management. The role would suit an experienced administrator who is familiar with working at a senior level. There is real scope here for making your mark and establishing new ways of working. You will be working at a high level of skill across an organisation which is working on an issue of real importance – child poverty.

WAF Angels is a new Social Enterprise cleaning business being launched as an 18-month pilot project by Alternatives Trust East London. Its aim is to provide a high-quality cleaning service for homes and businesses in the London Borough of Newham and provide decent part-time employment for women who have barriers to employment. Most of these women will  be clients of the charity’s family support services with No Recourse to Public Funds. It will employ 6-12 women initially. Most will have childcare responsibilities and little or no experience of working in the UK, so the role of Project Manager is key.

WAF Angels will be a Co-operative and will be an ethical employer, providing basic training, regular hours, and paying the London Living Wage - including travel time.

This is a full-time job (35 hours/week) with a salary of £26,000 a year (plus 3% pension contribution). The initial contract will be for 20 months. It will start two months before business launch in order to recruit and train staff and secure customers, and then cover the first 18 months of the business which should take it into profitability.

Role summary

To lead this new project, we are looking for either a cleaning specialist with an entrepreneurial mind, or an entrepreneur with cleaning experience. The ideal candidate will:

• have worked in cleaning/facilities management.
• either have already managed cleaning teams, or be someone who feels they are ready to move into a management role, with cleaning responsibilities.
• have the skills and confidence to work with the Director of the charity in launching a new enterprise from scratch, implementing systems, growing the new business and evaluating its success.
• be the linchpin in the project, organising individual cleaner’s rotas; managing performance; ensuring high standard of working from all cleaning staff; liaising with clients and recruiting new staff and clients.
• be passionate about the ethical employment aims of this project as well as cleaning.
• understand the needs of our clients, staff and prospective customers.

This role is responsible to the Director of Alternatives Trust East London and the role holder will be expected to undertake training if a relevant cleaning qualification is not already held.

Responsibilities

• Marketing the project to potential clients, through networking, direct contact and media.
• Staff recruitment, working with Alternatives HR support.
• Staff management, including performance management and appraisals, time management, creating effective rotas to maximise client coverage and staff time. Training will be provided if necessary.
• Organise initial training for all cleaning staff and any further training as necessary.
• Undertake all risk assessments and safeguarding duties with the support of Alternatives Safeguarding Officer.
• Keep accurate records according to GDPR guidelines and provide written reports as requested by the Director of Alternatives using relevant indicators and report formats.
• Lead a fortnightly WAF Angels team meeting attended by an Alternatives trustee, the Director, finance officer and cleaning staff representative(s) to deliver the business action plan and monitor progress towards business targets.
• Some cleaning duties may be required.

Management

The postholder will be line managed by the Director of Alternatives.

Skills and Experience

Necessary skills

Some experience of cleaning

Project planning skills

Team leadership experience

Some understanding of business development

Necessary personal qualities

Entrepreneurial attitude

Awareness of the support needs of our client group

Desirable Skills and experience

Able to create social media campaigns

Managed cleaning teams in the past

Understanding of health and safety issues around cleaning

Cleaning qualification

Driving licence/access to a car

We are a grant-making charity supporting Anglican clergy and their families and are looking to expand our small team with an Executive Assistant. You'll be based in our pleasant office near Westminster Abbey and report directly to our Chief Executive.

You will sit at the heart of the charity’s busy team. You will have a wide range of responsibilities in support of the charity’s objectives. As you develop excellent relationships with a range of colleagues, Trustees, supporters and external partners; you will have a valued role at the heart of a friendly, growing and much-needed organisation. Specifically, they will act as personal assistant to the Chief Executive, provide administrative support to other senior leaders, serve as Clerk to the Court of Assistants (Board of Trustees), and support the organisation’s external relations function.

We are looking for someone who is dynamic, people-centred, confident and with excellent organisational skills. Juggling a broad portfolio in a small, efficient, and busy team, the role offers significant scope for development as well as a range of challenging responsibilities. You will need to demonstrate excellent writing and organisational skills, as well as a passion for the charity’s core work in supporting Anglican clergy and their families. You will act as the Chief Executive’s ‘right-hand aide’ as he leads the charity’s continued growth, and as the Trust seeks to serve those who spend their lives serving others. Candidates will need to demonstrate sympathy with our Christian ethos, without necessarily being practising Christians.

We offer an attractive package, including non-contributory pension equal to 10% of gross annual salary, 35-hour week and flexi-time policy.

Across the UK, pervasive social, educational and economic inequalities still prevent too many young people from fulfilling their potential. We’re determined that this will change. Mission 44 is a new charitable foundation launched by Sir Lewis Hamilton to boost social mobility in the UK. It aims to support, champion and empower young people from underserved communities to succeed through narrowing opportunity gaps in education, employment and wider society.

Through grant-funding, research, partnerships and advocacy, Mission 44 will drive long-lasting, transformative change to the lives of young people facing disadvantage and discrimination. We will work closely with young people and communities with experience of diversity and inclusion challenges, to better understand the opportunities for innovation and co-create solutions that make a meaningful impact.

The Operations Manager and Executive Assistant is a vital new role in a small but growing team at Mission 44. We’re looking for an exceptionally organised person with a ‘can-do’ attitude to join our growing team. This role will suit someone who is keen to work in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working in a small but dynamic team and is passionate about young people and social justice. 

The successful candidate will be the glue in the team, who can make things happen and help us to deliver our work to the highest of standards. You will contribute to the successful operational management of our foundation, with a particular focus on office administration, (including finance, HR and IT), administrative support for the CEO and Board of Trustees, stakeholder engagement, event management and coordinating our internal communications.

The main responsibilities will be: 

• Office management, including maintaining key office policies and procedures, resources and supplies, managing contractors, managing financial processes eg invoices, payroll support, budget monitoring, IT support and CRM management
• Provide administrative support to the CEO and Board of Trustees, including but not limited to: diary management, briefings, document preparation, project management, scheduling and organising meetings and coordinating travel and accommodation 
• Serve as the initial point of contact for telephone, email, and in-person inquiries from external stakeholders regarding Mission 44
• HR support including team recruitment, induction, maintaining the employee handbook, staff training and development, and team wellbeing approaches
• Implement and lead a cross-organisation approach to safeguarding 
• Support effective internal communications channels
• Undertake ad hoc small projects to support the organisation, including desk-based research and leading activities delegated to this role 
• Organise team meetings and large team events such as away days
• Provide administrative support for partnership and network engagement (e.g. advisory panels, stakeholder consultations)
• Work with staff to plan and execute events, such as report releases, conferences and large meetings
• Provide ad hoc support for implementation of our grant management processes 

Essential for the role: 

• Proven office management, administrative or assistant experience 
• Prior experience working with a Board of Trustees or Directors 
• A track record of planning, management and delivery of a range of projects
• Demonstrable organisational management skills
• Superb interpersonal skills and highly effective at managing a range of stakeholders

You will be:

• A critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills 
• Passionate about Mission 44’s mission values and able to bring them to life in all of your work 
• Highly collaborative with an exceptional work ethic and ability to work at high pace
• Able to work independently, displaying strong initiative in solving day-to-day problems with limited direction

Diversity matters at Mission 44. We offer a working environment that values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are committed to equality of opportunity and anti-discrimination practices. We positively encourage applications from all sections of society and are particularly interested in attracting applications from candidates from diverse groups who are underrepresented.

Noah’s Ark Children’s hospice helps babies, children and young people who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. We are here to enable those we support to enjoy life as children, rather than as patients; as families, not just as carers. Our expert staff and trained volunteers provide clinical, emotional, and practical support for families across north and central London and Herts Valley. We carefully adapt our support for every child and offer it wherever it is required - whether in their home, their community or at our state-of-the-art children’s hospice building, The Ark, in Barnet.

Objective

The Chair will hold the Board and Executive Team to account for the Charity’s mission and vision, providing inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, ensuring that each trustee fulfils their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the charity. The Chair will also line manage and support the Chief Executive and ensure that the Board functions as a unit and works closely with the entire Executive of the charity to achieve agreed objectives. He or she will act as an ambassador and the public face of the charity in partnership with the Chief Executive and will foster an open and transparent working relationship with the Executive Team.

Time commitment

• Four Board meetings per year plus attendance at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), Annual Budget Meeting (ABM) and annual awayday/strategy day.
• In addition to chairing the main Board meetings, the Chair may attend the five sub- committees – Finance, Audit, Resources and Governance (FARG), People, Fundraising and Communications, Clinical Governance and Remuneration, which all meet quarterly.
• Additionally, the Chair is also expected to have regular meetings with the Chief Executive and also represent the Charity at various events and meetings with key stakeholders.

Principal Responsibilities

The below list is indicative only and not exhaustive. The Chair will be expected to perform additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the role.

Strategic leadership

• Provide leadership to the charity, the Executive team, and its Board, ensuring that the Charity has maximum impact for its beneficiaries.
• Ensure that Trustees fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the Charity.
• Leading the planning of and chairing the annual away day/strategy day.
• Ensure that the Board operates within its charitable objectives and provides a clear strategic direction for the Charity.
• Ensure that the Board is able to regularly review major risks and associated opportunities and satisfy itself that systems are in place to take advantage of opportunities and manage and mitigate the risks.
• Ensure that the Board fulfils its duties to ensure sound financial health of the charity, with systems in place to ensure financial accountability.

Trustee Governance

• Ensure that the governance arrangements are clearly defined and working in the most effective way for the Charity.
• Develop the knowledge and capability of the Board of Trustees.
• Encourage positive change where appropriate and address and resolve any conflicts within the Board.
• Appraise the performance of the Trustees and the Board on an annual basis.
• Ensure that the Board of Trustees is regularly refreshed and incorporates the right balance of skills, knowledge and experience needed to govern and lead the charity effectively and which also reflects the wider population.
• Work within any agreed policies adopted by the charity.

External Relations

• Act as an ambassador for the cause and the charity.
• Maintain close relationships with key stakeholders.
• Act as a spokesperson for the organisation when appropriate.
• Represent the charity at external functions, meetings, and events.
• Facilitate change and address any potential conflict with external stakeholders.
• Introduce the charity to potential supporters and foster new relationships.

Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Chair meetings of the Board of Trustees effectively and efficiently, bringing impartiality and objectivity to the decision making process.
• Ensure that Trustees are fully engaged and that decisions are taken in the best, long-term interests of the Charity and that the Board takes collective ownership.
• Foster, maintain and ensure that constructive relationships exist with and between the Trustees.
• Work closely with the Chief Executive to give direction to Board policy-making and to ensure that meetings are well planned, meaningful and reflect the responsibilities of trustees.
• Monitor that decisions taken at meetings are implemented.

Relationship with the Chief Executive and the Wider Executive Team

• Establish and build a strong, effective and a constructive working relationship with the Chief Executive, ensuring they are held to account for achieving agreed strategic objectives.
• Foster an open and transparent working relationship with the Executive Team – CEO, Deputy CEO, Director of Fundraising and Communication and Director of Finance and Business Development. Embed clear lines of communication to ensure the Chair and Board are kept abreast of risk management with timely updates on operations. Support the Chief Executive, whilst respecting the boundaries which exist between the two roles.
• Ensure regular contact with the Chief Executive and develop and maintain an open and supportive relationship within which each can speak openly about concerns, worries and challenges.
• Lead the process for appointing the Chief Executive (and Trustees) and be involved in the recruitment of senior staff.
• Liaise with the Chief Executive to maintain an overview of the Charity’s affairs, in particular mitigating risk and ensuring the responsible management of finances and commercial decisions as well as providing other support as necessary.
• Conduct an annual appraisal and remuneration review for the Chief Executive in consultation with other Trustees.
• Ensure that the Chief Executive has the opportunity for professional development and has appropriate external professional support.

Additional information

The Vice-Chair acts for the Chair when the Chair is not available and undertakes assignments at the request of the Chair. The Vice-Chair role is currently vacant, and the Chair of Trustees will oversee the recruitment of a new incumbent.

Person Specification

In addition to the qualities required of a Trustee of the charity, the Chair must also meet the following requirements:

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrate a strong and visible passion and commitment to the charity, its strategic objectives and cause.
• Exhibit strong inter-personal and relationship building abilities and be comfortable in an ambassadorial role.
• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy, with the ability to listen and engage effectively.
• Strong networking capabilities that can be utilised for the benefit of the charity.
• Ability to foster and promote a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to commit time to conduct the role well, including travel and attending events out of office hours.

Essential Experience

• Experience of operating at a senior strategic leadership level within an organisation.
• Successful track record of achievement through their career.
• Experience of charity governance and working with or as part of a Board of Trustees.
• Experience of external representation, delivering presentations and managing stakeholders.
• Significant experience of chairing meetings and events.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of the health service and care sector.

• Experience and knowledge of working with children, families, health, social care, and safeguarding would be an advantage.

Knowledge and skills

• Broad knowledge and understanding of the Civil Society sector and current issues affecting it.
• Strong leadership skills, ability to motivate staff and volunteers and bring people together.
• Financial management expertise and a broad understanding of charity finance issues.
• Good understanding of charity governance issues.

How to Apply

For an informal chat about this role please email Zoe Oldham, an applicant’s pack is available at the same email address. To apply for the post, please send a letter of application stating the skills and approach you would bring to the role, along with your CV/resume in English to the above email address.

The deadline for application is Sunday 12th December 2021

We are looking for new Trustees to join our experienced and committed board. We are particularly looking for people to strengthen our expertise in   Human Resources, Finance and IT/Digital

Our vision is to have a fair, just and equal society where all people can live in harmony with each other and in a state of positive well-being.

Our mission is to empower refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to know and exercise their rights, thrive, make a positive contribution, integrate and take control of their lives.

LRMN is a vibrant and thriving organisation providing vital services to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants across London but mainly in the south and southeast London boroughs.  Our services include providing specialist legal advice on immigration, housing and welfare, supporting those who need to improve their skills through training and volunteering as well as helping them gain employment.  We support women who survived gender-based violence including rape, trafficking, domestic violence and more and we offer them 1:1 counselling and therapeutic activities.  In addition, we provide mental health and well-being support to those who are suffering from non-clinical mental health issues. We advocate and campaign against policies that are not fair and just and which uphold hostile environment. We also provide hardship funds and food parcels to destitute clients.

We have been growing the scale and range of our services over recent years and have a diverse funding base including Trusts and Foundations, statutory agencies and public donations. 

We are keen to recruit trustees with experience in the fields of HR and IT/digital and are looking for a financially qualified trustee who is interested in succeeding to the role of Treasurer when the current incumbent reaches the end of his term of office. In the next 3 -6 months we will also conduct a selection process and will appoint someone to replace our Chair who is in her last term of service.

As a Board member you will be expected to attend a quarterly board meeting, join a sub-committee which also meets quarterly and offer support relevant with your expertise. Sub-committees include Organisation Development, Finance, Risk and Compliance and Fundraising and Marketing. All meetings normally take place in the evening from 6.00pm and last about 1.5 – 2 hrs.  Since the lock down the board has been meeting via Zoom.

Summary of Role

Muslim Aid is looking for a Trustee with a background in Income Generation & Marketing.

Candidates should have a good understanding of contemporary charitable activity in the UK and internationally and will help the Board develop our strategic aims and provide insight and support to achieve these aims - to constructively challenge our executive management team and to provide robust governance.

We are also looking to ensure a diverse make-up of the new Board in terms of gender and international linkages. We are also looking for an individual who can bring commitment, enthusiasm, creativity and thoroughness to the governance function.  An ability to attend quarterly board meetings is a requirement; however, it is not a prerequisite to be a permanent resident in the UK. While implementation of strategic decisions of the Board will largely be in the hands of the CEO and Leadership Team, there may also be a need for some Trustees to be involved in sub-committees established for specific purposes.

There are big challenges ahead, but we have the passion, belief and ambition to meet them. If you share our belief and commitment to improving the lives of those in need, we very much look forward to hearing from you and perhaps, welcoming you on board. 

About the Role

The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

• Ensure that we comply with our governing documents, charity and company law, other relevant legislation and regulations, and follows guidance issued by the Charity Commission and relevant regulators.
• Giving strategic direction to the charity; setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• Ensuring compliance with legal, statutory, and regulatory responsibilities.
• To setup and Chair Income Generation & Marketing Committee.
• To ensure that there is the right breadth and depth of fundraising and marketing skills on the Income Generation & Marketing Committee, with access to the right networks, in order that the charity is in the best possible position to develop and deliver high quality strategies in fundraising, and marketing.
• Ensuring the charity acts within the constraints of its constitution.
• Safeguarding Muslim Aid’s good name and values.

About You

To be successful in this role:

• Experience of fundraising and marketing and or business development at a senior level. This will include generating income from corporates, High Net Worth Individuals, events and or other initiatives. Philanthropic giving would be valuable.
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship.
• Direct experience of operating within the voluntary and community sector organisations.
• Strategic planning experience at senior level.
• Ability to think creatively and ambitious regarding the organisation’s prospects, identifying key area for promotion and growth.
• Legislative and operating framework for charities/voluntary and community sector organisations.
• A thorough understanding of the Code of Fundraising Practice

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Job Description

Job title:

Trusts & Major Gifts Manager

Department:

Fundraising & Communications

Salary grade:

Responsible to:

Head of Fundraising

Responsible for:

Responsible for managing the Trusts & Foundations Executive

Behavioural Framework:

Leadership Level 3

Scope

The RHN is a leading national centre of excellence, providing adult person-centred services that span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex Neuro-disability and their families, underpinned by a strong research and education programme.

The Fundraising Team at the RHN consists of nine team members including one volunteer. As a charity we fundraise to supplement the hospital's standard provision, and pay for additional patient services, research, specialist equipment, capital projects and heritage. These 'extras' provide added value to the hospital's care and rehabilitation offering and boost the quality of life experienced by patients and residents at the RHN.

Main Objectives of the role

The Trusts & Major Gifts Manager role is a key role within the team. The post-holder will manage the Trusts & Foundations Executive and have responsibility for fundraising undertaken by the Trusts & Major Gifts Team, ensuring that the team explores all available grant funding opportunities including trusts and foundations, livery companies, lottery and statutory grants. The Trust & Major Gifts Team has an annual income target of GBP 700k - GBP 1M and this income stream has been grown in recent years.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, manage and grow long term support from charitable trusts, livery companies, statutory and lottery funders by researching potential donors, writing effective funding applications, and conducting excellent relationship management.
• Manage the Trusts & Foundations Executive role, providing guidance and mentoring where necessary to ensure they achieve their potential and effectively contribute to the Trust and Major Gifts Team target.
• Plan and implement the grant application programme for the Trusts & Major Gifts Team updating the 'rolling applications' spreadsheet in advance of each new financial year.
• Build knowledge of major funding projects at the hospital through liaison with relevant directors, clinical department heads and facilities staff, using this directly in attracting grants and developing on-going relationships with key donors.
• Keep up to date with developments in grant fundraising, undertaking background research where necessary and being aware of potential new funding sources.
• Oversee grant funding prospect research and funding approaches to continue new grant funder relationship development.
• Ensure all responses to successful applications are followed up and necessary reporting requirements met, developing personal relationships and face to face contact where possible.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to develop impact and outcome measures to feedback to funders.
• Record all donor contact on the Raiser's Edge database, including records for new potential funders, and ensure the filing system is kept up to date.
• Provide feedback on actual performance against target for grant fundraising to the Head of Fundraising and maintain the major gifts section of the probability budget.
• Any other duties that may reasonably be expected to ensure the smooth running of the department including supporting fundraising events outside of standard working hours.

Person specification: Essential and Desirable

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent). Ideally an Institute of Fundraising qualification.
• Working knowledge of fundraising best practice, with at least 2 years experience in a grant fundraising management role with a proven track record of securing funds.
• Tenacious 'can do' attitude and willingness to rise to the challenge.
• Ideally experience of Raiser's Edge (or a similar fundraising database) as a tool in supporter relationship management as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office. Appropriate training will be provided.
• Experience of using research techniques particularly to acquire information about existing and prospective funders. Excellent prospect research and profile creation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - strong influencing, relationship building and networking skills to develop and nurture donor relationships. Ability to quickly establish rapport with a diverse range of people.
• Ability to conceive and develop complex proposals and financially numerate.
• Organised approach to work - proactive, good and methodical administrative skills, with good planning and time-management. Ability to prioritise and work effectively under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills to put across compelling and persuasive cases for support with outstanding written style.
• Experience of working as part of a team as well as on own initiative.
• A flexible approach to work as this role will require some outside of normal office hours working.
• Disability awareness and understanding and adherence to equal opportunities, with an understanding and adherence to data protection.

Leadership Behavioural Framework: Level 3

Working Collaboratively for RHN

Working Collaboratively for the RHN is about working together to deliver the best possible service for patients, carers and key stakeholders. It is about demonstrating our values particularly in finding ability in disability, delivering excellence through personal responsibility, being pioneering and sharing knowledge, ensuring clarity and compassion, respect and constancy.

• I work and model productive relationships both internally and externally to deliver services and determine the future direction of RHN.
• I ensure and inspire a shared understanding of the vision and direction of the RHN.
• I am aware of my own working style and recognise that it may need to be adjusted when working with others.

• I listen to what others have to say and am open to new ideas including those that may challenge my own assumptions and expectations.
• I understand and control my own behaviour and emotional responses to situations. Accepting constructive feedback and considering issues from others' perspectives.

Achieving our Potential

Achieving our Potential is about giving staff and volunteers the time, support and opportunities to develop both themselves and their roles. It is about being able to develop our skills and knowledge and being able to take the time to reflect on successes and set-backs. It is about demonstrating a commitment to continuous professional and personal development and a flexible approach to working.

• I understand the wider context in which we all work and seek to develop, unleash skills and take risks for myself and others to take RHN forward
• Understands the major challenges facing the wider health sector and is constantly looking "up and out"- horizon scanning

• Is aware of the range of skills, knowledge and experience that exist within all of our people
• Understands the strategic objectives of the RHN and ensures we have a developed workforce to enable future performance to be delivered
• Provides challenges and opportunities for all people to realise their potential
• Prepared to take calculated risks for organisational benefit

Preparing for the Future

Preparing for the Future is about being aware of what is over the horizon, anticipating opportunities and having the vision to look forward. It is about taking the time to reflect on current activities and challenging the status quo. It will involve accepting the need for change and developing a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• I will establish a culture of creative engagement that encourages collaboration and participation in a wider vision for the fu

We are looking for a confident and caring individual with previous management and operational experience and a flexible, enthusiastic, can-do attitude to join our team as the House Manager. Reporting regularly to the Board of Trustees, the House Manager will line-manage our team of housekeepers and manage all aspects of the service provided to our elderly residents in our Supported Sheltered House in Streatham. The position has become vacant as our current House Manager is retiring.

About us:

The Abbeyfield (Streatham) Society Limited is committed to providing the highest standards of accommodation and support to our residents. Our house in Streatham provides supported sheltered housing for six residents who each enjoy their own space and independence, but also the company of others, sharing 2 meals a day together cooked by our wonderful team of housekeepers.

As a charity, the interests of our valued staff and residents sit at the heart of what we do. We have been established for over 25 years. We are affiliated with The Abbeyfield Society, a wider network of similar homes, and they inspect our home regularly to ensure it meets their standards of providing excellent care for older people.

Candidate profile:

The ideal candidate will have previous management experience, and some experience of working in a care or support environment. Good communication skills, both written and verbal are essential, as are excellent organisation skills, IT skills, practical / problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently. Employment is subject to completion of an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, due to working with vulnerable adults.

What we can offer you:

• Excellent job satisfaction, each day knowing that you are making a direct difference to the lives of residents and staff.
• A varied and interesting role with both people-facing and office-based work.
• A competitive salary: £18,750 - £21,875 (FTE £30,000 - £35,000)
• 140 hours holiday entitlement (equivalent to 20 x 5 hour days and 8 bank holidays).
• Employer pension scheme
• Potential for flexibility of working hours as agreed with the Trustees.
• Hours of work (p/w): 25 (usually 5 hours/day Mon-Fri unless otherwise agreed)
• Place of work: 28 Conyers Road, London, SW16 6LT

For full details, please download our full job description and person specification.

Application deadline: midnight on Sunday 5th December

GambleAware is the leading commissioner of prevention and treatment services for gambling harms in Great Britain. We are an independent charity guided by a Board of trustees.

Role Purpose 

GambleAware’s Corporate Services function provides critical support to enable the organisation to work effectively. The purpose of this role is to provide governance and compliance support for the organisation to enable the organisation to work effectively. This includes providing high quality compliance and governance and Company Secretarial support to achieve the organisation’s four commissioning objectives.

As Company Secretary, the role will contribute to achieving the organisation’s strategic priorities:

• Accelerate engagement and awareness to deliver targeted activity to raise awareness, reduce stigma and encourage engagement with information & advice, support and treatment services. 
• Transform capacity and capability by collaborating with the NHS, public health agencies, local authorities, and voluntary sector organisations across England, Scotland, and Wales to support the growth of an integrated system of prevention provision.
• Increase equity and champion diversity to understand and address inequalities in experiences, access to services and outcomes for those experiencing gambling harm. We will take a collaborative approach working with a diversity of communities to ensure that support, services, treatment and pathways to services are accessible and effective
• Deliver best-in-class commissioning with the focus on improving processes and systems to enhance good governance, maximising transparency and value for money. We will include the voice of those with lived experience in the co-production of awareness raising, support, and treatment services.

Key accountabilities:

• To work with and to support key relationship holders in ensuring the organisation via its Board and relevant constituent committees operate effectively, within its remit as a Charity diligently in the execution of their obligations and with appropriate oversight.
• To undertake the core duties of a Company Secretary to include but not limited to:
  • Lodging the annual report with the Charity Commission and Scottish Charity Regulator,
  • Preparing induction documents for new trustees,
  • Lodging the paperwork with Charity Commission, Scottish Charity Regulator and Companies House around new and resigned trustees,
  • Maintaining accurate records of trustee including declarations of interests; monitoring length of trustee terms, and Director’s addresses,
  • Arranging regular trustee training / visits,
  • Implementing the Charity Governance Code  
  • Supporting the COO on preparing the Trustees Annual Report.
• Support GambleAware’s Chair, CEO and COO on governance and compliance matters.
• Coordinate trustee attendance at all meetings as necessary.
• Directly support the trustee Board and sub-committees, including the preparation of agendas, papers and minutes.
  • Ensure appropriateness of applicable papers to relevant committees.
• Ensure adoption of best practice in all Company Secretarial duties.
• Coordinate and distribute a monthly trustee briefing.
• Coordinate serious incident reporting to regulators as required, such as Charity Commission, Scottish Charity Regulator or the Information Commissioner's Office.
• Support the Communications Team to ensure the GambleAware website is always accurate and up to date relating to governance and trustees. 
• Organisational compliance in relation to data protection, including GDPR and maintaining a data protection policy and data retention schedule.  
• Custodian and maintenance of the organizational risk register.  
• In collaboration with the Chief Operations Officer, ensure agreed company policies are regularly reviewed and updated. Keeping a record of documents and register of changes. Ensuring appropriate distribution of these documents.
• Manage the organisation’s insurance requirements. 
• As required, provide to the management team a source of quality control for communications, both internal and external.

Key responsibilities:

1. Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, inclusivity and equal opportunity in working with colleagues and stakeholders with a wide range of perspectives and experiences
2. Provide timely Board, Committee and Senior Management Team administration including pre-reading packs, minutes of meetings, updated action records and risk and opportunity registers
3. Provide effective line management of the Executive Support Officer ensuring service levels are achieved and Chief Executive support is satisfactory
4. To ensure Company Secretariat services continually improve and adhere to best practice.
5. Undertake any other tasks as reasonably directed by your line manager 
6. Adhere to GambleAware policies and procedures
7. Be a good team worker, demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the organisation and team members.

How to Apply

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 29th November 2021. Successful candidates will be invited to attend a panel interview in December.

Please submit a CV with a covering letter (up to two pages) setting out your interest in the role and how you meet the essential requirements in relation to the accountabilities and responsibilities for the role.  

GambleAware is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity, work-life balance and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all staff and job applicants.

The Deptford Ragged Trust is looking to employ a part-time fundraiser. In 2022, we plan to knock down our 1950’s life-expired building and replace it with a new building of six storeys, with residential accommodation at ‘London Affordable Rent’, alongside flexible church, community, exhibition, archive, café and office space.

Your role will be to continue to lead our campaign to raise £1.5m still needed to reach the overall project cost.  You will be supported in this by our volunteer Fundraising Team. So far, we have raised over £300,000 from grant-making trusts and fundraising activities, and have a number of applications in process. Continuing our successful campaign, we are looking to progress our fundraising reach to corporate and high net worth individuals.  Your role will be to manage the existing applications and relationships, alongside developing new partnership opportunities.

Workplace: The Bear Office, Deptford/Home - flexible hours

Contract: Six months – one year

Other opportunities: This role can be applied for alongside our other vacancies - Digital Officer and/or Youth Worker, both of which are part-time – 0.2 FTE (up to 8hrs/pw negotiable).  Find out more at www.thebear.tv.

ABOUT US

The past -The Deptford Ragged Trust dates back to 1844 when eight ‘Christian men and women’ from Deptford opened one of London’s first ‘ragged schools’ in a loft above a cowshed on Deptford High Street.

The present - Today the Deptford Ragged Trust at the Shaftesbury Christian Centre is home to The Bear Church, Bear Cubs (parents and toddlers), The Evening Service and soup kitchen, The Deptford Ragged School Archive, English Fridays (ESOL), Psalms and Stretches, BearLive (music and art) and all kinds of creative and community events from theatre shows to jumble sales.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit a CV along with a covering letter, no more than one A4 page, outlining how your experience and values make you a good match for this role. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Fundraiser

Reports to: Paul Adlington (Pastor) and volunteer Fundraising Team.

Main Purpose:

• Managing fundraising activity for the Deptford Ragged Trust’s building project.
• To continue our fundraising campaigns to raise £1.5 from grant-making trusts, corporate giving, high net worth individuals, individual donors, events and legacies.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a fundraising plan approved by the Board of Trustees.
• Work on large grant-making applications and coordinate smaller grant-making approaches with the Fundraising Team.
• Initiate and build relationships with current and new grant-making trusts and foundations face-to-face and by phone and email. 
• Develop approaches to secure funding from corporate giving, people of high net worth and individual donors.
• Work with the Fundraising Team and the congregation of the Bear Church to promote coordinate fundraising events.
• Work with a team to develop monitoring systems for funds received.
• Prepare and submit compelling narrative and financial reports to funders that demonstrate the impact of the work that has been funded.
• Prepare fundraising reports for monthly trustee and leadership meetings. 
• Ensure fundraising is delivered against ethical standards and meets fundraising and data protection regulations.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential:

• Has a wide range of fundraising experience.
• Knowledge of the current funding landscape in the UK and of trends in philanthropy.
• Highly organised and able to manage numerous applications and approaches.
• Excellent communication skills and written skills with attention to detail.
• Able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, with a can-do and collaborative working approach.
• Commitment and drive to deliver against deadlines.

Desirable:

• Legacy fundraising – experience in liaising with executors/solicitors and running legacy campaigns.
• Experience in managing high profile media partnerships – e.g. radio, TV, film, online.

Key skills and competencies:

• Influencing and negotiation – diplomacy skills and tact needed to manage stakeholders and key partners.
• Presentation skills – ability to present with confidence and report to a number of parties and stakeholders.
• Campaign management - experience of multi-channel campaigns.
• Budget management – experience overseeing and reporting income and expenditure.

Disability Law Service is seeking an experienced welfare benefits advisor to join our team delivering a welfare benefits telephone information, advice and casework service to disabled people.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivering welfare rights advice to individuals covering the full range of benefits.

The post will be based at DLS office in Vauxhall, London.  Remote or hybrid working can be considered.

Disability Law Service is a unique national charity providing a legal service for disabled people. Last year we were contacted by 30,000 people and gave help in 4,500 cases.  We are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO), which means that we are user-led, with 75% of our trustees and over 50% of our employees being disabled people.  We take the widest possible view of disability and particularly welcome applications from those with physical or mental health impairments and those with neurodiverse conditions

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 13th December 2021.

Merton Home Tutoring Service is a small charity which gives free English language tuition to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are not able to access local authority or other ESOL classes because of poverty, lack of opportunity, childcare commitments, and disability. We teach learners in their own homes or in small community classes across the London Borough of Merton.

We are now recruiting for an Office Administrator. You will work closely and collaboratively with the Director, with the Education coordinator and with the Administrative Assistant to ensure the main CRM system and other databases are kept up-to-date and are running efficiently. You will ensure the proper flow of office procedures, including data collection and reporting, filing systems and general admin duties, working closely with colleagues and the trustees as required. You will also liaise with volunteers and learners, responding to queries as signposting them as appropriate; and with MHTS contractors, assisting them in maintaining up to date information on MHTS website, social media profiles and other marketing channels.

Based at:Vestry Hall, Unit 18, 336-338 London Road, Mitcham, CR4 3UD 

Reporting to:  Director, Merton Home Tutoring Service (MHTS)

Responsible for: Admin Assistant

Salary: £25,400 per annum (pro rata 0.4 FTE)

Please download the full JD and person specification and apply with CV and Cover Letter. Applications without Cover Letter will not be considered.

Closing date 03 December 2021, 09am.

We are expecting to hold interviews on Thursday 09 December 2021.

If you have not heard from us by Monday 06 December 2021, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted. Please note that we are unable to give feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted for interview.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Hours: 10 hours per week

Location: Flexible across the Borough with a central Bromley office base

About the role:

You will take the lead on developing user involvement for Bromley Mencap. In particular, you will establish both a Disabled People’s Focus Group and a Complex Needs Focus Group to consult on issues and developments relevant to disabled people and people with complex needs and ensure their views are fed into health and social care providers and decision-makers, set up a Quality Assurance Group to undertake monitoring and assessment visits to Bromley Mencap’s services and make recommendations to service managers and the Board of Trustees and facilitate a Community Network to ensure parents, carers and disabled people are connected and have a voice, feel part of the local community and help promote
positive models of disabled people.

Support will be flexibly based operating out of a central Bromley office but delivered at various, accessible locations. You will take a person-centred approach, ensuring services are joined up and holistic, provide advocacy and attend case management meetings as required. You will deliver monthly group workshops providing peer support and promote peer-to-peer activities, facilitating regular meetings and social opportunities. You will use a network of social media platforms to promote the service.

Requirements:

• Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, here are some of the skills that will make you stand out.
• Able to engage with disabled people and people with complex needs and ensure their views are fed into health and social care providers and decisionmakers.
• Ability to develop and motivate others.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to travel around the borough independently, preferably by car.

How to apply:

Application packs with full job specifications are available on our website via the apply button.

Closing date for applications: Midday on Tuesday 14th December 2021

Interview date: To be arranged