Unity Centre Manager Jobs
Permanent, full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 per annum – accommodation (optional)
Location: Bromsgrove B61 0RJ
Closing Date: Sunday 28 April 2024
Onsite interview: w/c 6 May 2024
Are you our new Centre Manager for our Blue Cross Bromsgrove rehoming centre?
We've recently implemented an innovative national Rehoming & Fostering team structure, enhancing our ability to support pets in need. As Centre Manager, you'll lead the development of this exciting change and play a vital role in making a difference for pets and their owners.
Established in 1986, our Bromsgrove Rehoming Centre has been a cornerstone of support for pets and their owners, serving as a vital resource in the community.
Located in 9 acres of rural countryside, our Bromsgrove rehoming centre provides care for up to 15 dogs and 30 cats onsite, complemented by a dedicated puppy and kitten unit. Through our Home Direct scheme and foster network, we are dedicated to ensuring every pet finds a loving home, while providing essential support to pet owners.
In this role, you'll oversee rehoming and fostering services, ensuring growth while maintaining the highest standards of care. You'll lead a team of dedicated individuals, including both employees and volunteers, who are the backbone of our centre.
Your role is crucial in fostering a collaborative and supportive environment where each team member can excel. With your leadership skills and experience, you'll empower our team to thrive in their roles and contribute to our shared vision of animal welfare excellence.
This role comes with option of onsite accommodation—a three-bedroom house with two reception rooms and a small private garden.
For further details about this exciting opportunity, please refer to the attached job description.
About you
You will be deeply passionate and committed to the well being of pets and their owners, reflecting our charity's dedication to making a meaningful difference in their lives.
You will have exceptional people management skills, developed through previous roles in animal welfare related settings. Your leadership style will reflect positivity, innovation, and effective communication across all levels of the team. Your ability to lead diverse teams and commitment to developing and empowering others through adept management and coaching are paramount.
Your business management skills will encompass analytical, commercial insight, and a rigorous approach to problem-solving.
You will demonstrate emotional intelligence and adeptness in providing effective support to colleagues and the public. Experience in emotionally charged environments, coupled with resilience and empathy, is essential.
Knowledge, skills, and experience
- Proven track record in leading and developing high-performing teams within animal welfare settings.
- Deep understanding of animal welfare and care, ensuring operational excellence.
- Adaptable approach to managing complex tasks and tight deadlines in a changing environment.
- Experience of positively embracing and adapting to change by identifying, leading, and managing change in line with organisational objectives.
- Financially literate with experience in cost control and service delivery.
- Effective collaborator with colleagues from diverse teams.
- Strong interpersonal skills for communication, negotiation, and influencing.
- Experience in emotionally charged environments, demonstrating empathy and resilience.
- Current full driving licence.
Although not essential, it would be great if you also had:
- Relevant animal related qualification.
- Experience of working effectively with and/or managing volunteers.
- Experience of acting as a spokesperson in print and broadcast media.
- Experience of keeping up to date with and applying good practice in your sector/role and encouraging those that you manage to do the same.
- IT literate with good experience of MS Office and other relevant IT systems as appropriate for the role.
- Understanding of safeguarding issues.
How to apply
Visit our website and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 28 April 2024.
The recruitment process will consist of a first stage competency-based interview and a tour of our wonderful site at our Bromsgrove rehoming centre week commencing 6 May 2024. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to a second-stage assessment centre via MS Teams on Friday 17 May 2024.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are a forward-thinking social enterprise committed to fostering equity and resilience in our community. Our mission is to empower Black and racially minoritised led initiatives that promote sustainable food systems, economic growth, and social well-being. As we cultivate fresh produce, we also cultivate hope, unity, and pride.
ABOUT BLACK ROOTZ
Black Rootz is a multigenerational growing project providing opportunities for Black and racially minoritised people to grow food for themselves, their families and their communities. Black Rootz was established in 2019 by a collective of Black growers in Haringey who recognised the need to organise to challenge the deep inequalities in the growing and food systems. Over the past 5 years, Black Rootz has developed a holistic practice for Black and racially minoritised communities incorporating intergenerational knowledge transfer, increased access to land and food sovereignty, regenerative environmental practices and reduced food inequality.
Black Rootz has been incubated as a project within The Ubele Initiative since 2019. As an established name in the growing community, it is now building towards an independent future.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Project Manager is a new role that will provide hands on management capacity to Black Rootz. The role will bring experience and energy to support the delivery and continued development of the project’s core activities; the Community Growing Programme and a new workshop series. The Project Manager will take on a management position and, with support from Ubele, help the project to navigate decisions that will enable Black Rootz to achieve its overall social, environmental, and operational ambitions.
The successful candidate will be central in Black Rootz’ journey towards a more independent and sustainable future. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with the complexity andholistic nature of Black Rootz and will be committed to its values. As a small team, the Project Manager will be as comfortable making plans and big decisions as they are rolling their sleeves up and being hands on to support the team. While this is a fixed-term contract, we expect the role to be extended and grow over time.
For further information please download the Recruitment Pack.
Applicants are required to submit:
1) CV
2) Cover Letter
We would appreciate the completion of our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form which can be accessed using the link at the bottom of the recruitment pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
UK Programmes Officer
Location: Oldham EIC with flexibility (with some home working)
Hours: Full time
Salary: £25,000-£30,000
Main Responsibilities:
To work within the UK Programmes by providing support to Masjid Benchmarking, organising online Seminars, Support to Icare, Masjid Benchmarking, Education (Madaris) oversee and monitor Masjid Connect and Islamophobia monitoring, Publicity, supporting other areas of work of UKIM central team that may be delegated e.g. Imam CPD, Dawah, Tarbiyah.
Essentially the role is to support the Head of UK programmes to implement a varied and diverse programme of engagement to support improvement of the different programmes, masjids, branches, and departments in UKIM that require the support from UK Programmes Team.
The post is varied and ever changing depending on the needs of the members and programmes within UKIM.
Key Duties:
• To support Masjid and Branch Improvement through enabling them to undertake the self-assessment audit and then to deliver a development day based on the self-audit.
• To organise training both face to face and online that will enable masjids and branches to develop and move forward in their work programme.
• To bring on board speakers that will enable mosques to develop.
• To engage with the Dawah programme and to develop a robust programme of support to meet the needs of the department and different stakeholders. The parameters of this are still to be agreed and may involve some of the following areas it serves including new Muslims, design new curriculum, develop resources, re-develop & update websites, Unity Iftars, teach new Muslims & train daees. Based on your capacity and availability of resources to outsource where appropriate.
• To support the wider effort of masjid benchmarking by undertaking audits and maintaining contact with masjids through WhatsApp, support in delivery of development training etc.
• To support Head of UK Programmes to provide information and advice on training, workforce and funding capability development to UKIM masjids/centres and branches.
• To support in the development of and deliver high quality core training courses and materials as an integral part of our work in order to support the development of masjids, madaris and branches.
• To support development of Secretariat Function of the UK Programmes Team and to market training and funding support provision and oversee the recruitment and selection of learners.
• To support training for masjid/centre and branch learners and to recruit, induct and manage external trainers and/or consultants, where appropriate.
• To support appraisal and evaluation of UK programmes
• To provide expert support and guidance to the education department.
• To work with appropriate staff colleagues to identify and develop income generating activities that relate to provision of services from masjid/centres and branches.
• To support the Line Manager and Executive Officer to ensure that UK programmes is compliant with funding requirements.
• To keep informed of current developments in life‐long learning, good practice, funding opportunities and appropriate quality standards and to disseminate this information.
• Where appropriate work to accreditation of training to masjids/centres
• To liaise with awarding bodies to ensure that all conditions of centre membership, policies and procedures and relevant quality assurance systems are implemented and evidenced.
• To maintain the administrative systems relating to the post.
The post holder will be expected to use their initiative, be proactive and work with a wide range of people in local communities and statutory agencies.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education & Experience
• Experience of working with community organisations in a community development and training role E
• Experience in programme development, monitoring, and evaluation. £
• Experience of conducting needs assessments. E
• Experience of delivering training on safeguarding, health and safety, lone working, funding and bid writing. E
Training:
• Experience of delivering training to people from diverse community groups E
• Experience of developing training materials and delivering and managing a range of unaccredited and accredited training courses E
• Experience of working with Muslims communities and faith communities more broadly E
• Management qualification D
• Funding qualifications D
• Teaching qualification D
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• An understanding of the issues affecting local masjids and Muslims communities and the training and development needs of their staff and volunteers E
• Knowledge of Islamic beliefs and practices E
• Ability to analyse training needs and to develop a programme of learning in response to identified needs. E
• Ability to design assessment tasks and assess learners work E
• Ability to manage training provision whilst ensuring that accessibility and equality & diversity issues are addressed. E
• Ability to communicate clearly in person and in writing to a diverse range of audiences. E
• Ability to monitor and evaluate the impact of training provision and to report on these issues E
• Ability to use ICT including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook and to be administratively self‐servicing, creating on line forms, E
• Able to work some evening and occasional weekends by prior arrangement. E
• Knowledge of the charity sector. E
• Good leadership and people management skills. E
• Fluent written and spoken English. E
• Report and proposal writing skills. E
• Complex problem solving and decision-making skills. E
• Commit to withhold the integrity and standards of UKIM Relief and its values. E
You may also have experience in the following: Project Support, Project Assistant, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Management, Programme Support, Risk Management, Project Compliance, etc.
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