Volunteer development officer jobs near Belfast

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £30,206 - £33,228 per annum

Location: London

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2022?

We’re looking for a creative and organised Internal Communications Officer to join our passionate team based in London!

This is a permanent contract opportunity with a closing date of Monday 29th August 2022.

At Centrepoint, we’ve set ourselves the bold ambition of ending youth homelessness by 2037, which we can’t do without one of our most valuable assets – our amazing staff team. We need all Centrepoint staff to get behind our strategy and understand what their roles are in achieving it (this is where you come in!)

For this to happen, we need you to help us make sure staff:

• Have a voice by creating a safe space for meaningful feedback and discussion with senior leaders and the wider organisation.
• Have ways to connect to staff members and services across the organisation.
• Know how to access important information and documents to help them do their job.
• Feel informed and clear about organisational activity and strategy.
• Feel part of a wider family and help set the tone of a positive working culture.

We are proud to have a diverse workforce that is based across the UK and with many of our teams working in new and different ways; staff engagement and internal communication has never been more important.

This role will help us roll out our organisational strategy and support the delivery of the people strategy, which includes staff wellbeing. It is also a great opportunity to take ownership of our new internal communications platform, using creative and strategic ideas to help us make it a success with staff in all corners of Centrepoint.

You will be working with teams at all levels of the organisation, from liaising with our Senior Executive Team for org-wide updates, to teaming up with our Diversity and Inclusion Working Groups on important Inclusion Week content. You’ll also head up the Internal Communications Committee, listening to staff feedback and putting it into practice.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to develop and progress in your career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

If you like what you’ve read and you think you fancy an exciting and rewarding challenge, then we’d love to hear from you.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Internal Communications Officer click 'Apply' now!

Schools Engagement Officer 

Join our growing team! 

You’ll be a brilliant administrator and a dynamic and confident communicator, who is great at making sure customers (our schools) experience nothing but excellent service, while balancing competing priorities and keep projects moving towards their goals. This role is key to making sure it’s the right schools and right students taking part in our programmes, it’s not just about the end target. You are motivated by working collaboratively in a team and comfortable making recommendations about how things could be improved. 

This role and where it sits in the team  

This is an established role that sits within the Schools Engagement team, ensuring that schools in our network are aware of, and are able to access, the fantastic opportunities and programmes we run. Working closely with the Schools Engagement Lead, this role will play a key part in recruiting schools, students and teachers to a range of different workshops – ensuring that these initiatives continue to reach those young people most disadvantaged by their socio-economic background or geographic location.

You will work closely and collaboratively with your colleagues across programmes and school engagement, and most importantly, you’ll be the first point of contact for the 1,900 mainstream secondary schools in our network. Relationship building with those schools will be a crucial part of this role, but you’ll also be involved in ensuring our marketing and campaigns are appropriately designed to best meet the needs of our network, and you’ll keep one ear to the ground at all times, allowing TTF to remain relevant, effective and impactful in our outreach.

While you’ll be working remotely for a significant part of this role you will be talking on the phone to colleagues, schools, facilitators, and volunteers on a daily basis, as well as having the opportunity to see our workshops in action. 

Responsibilities and priorities:

• Schools engagement and attraction: ‘Telling the TTF story’ 
• Focus on great customer service 
• Reaching more underserved young people 
• Attention to detail and process driven 
• Creativity and flair with social media and digital communication

​Person specification

Experience 

• Use of IT, databases, and systems to operate efficient programmes, evaluate and measure their success 

• Customer service, retail or sales experience 

• Delivering and implementing communication plans and campaigns to engage a variety of audiences 

• Interest in working in/with schools or education sector

Skills 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Technology and seeking ways to maximise IT administration and digital communications 

• Problem-solving and decision-making 

• Customer service delivery focussed with a desire to achieve targets and objectives 

• Proactive sales skills 

• Marketing (desirable) 

You will also: 

• Enjoy getting things done

• Want to work for a charity with social mobility at its core

• Work collegiately and collaboratively with all engaged in the organisation – you are not motivated by being the winner, team success is more important to you 

• Be well-organised and a strong planner (you always have a Plan B)

While it’s not a criteria, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of some of the challenges young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are facing today.

It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background. 

Benefits 

• Annual leave entitlement 28 days + Bank Holidays 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• Flexible Working

• Pension

• Training and development budget

• The afternoon of your birthday off (or the morning after) 

To apply: Please send your CV and a (max) two page letter outlining how you meet the person specification outlined above and why you are interested in working for a social mobility charity. As part of the interview shortlisting process we will need you to complete an application form in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy, which we will send you as part of the recruitment process. 

The Talent Foundry Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing and welfare of children and requires everyone associated with The Talent Foundry Trust, including all trustees, employees, and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including completing our Safer Recruitment process, references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks. The Talent Foundry Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of society and communities we operate in. 

The Community Fundraising team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is responsible for securing income from individuals, regional businesses and groups fundraising in the community, effectively managing relationships to maximise income.

The Regional Fundraising Officer role will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. This role is a home-based role which will require someone to live within the East Midlands. The role will cover the East Midlands region including but not limited to, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. 

You will report to the Community Fundraising Manager and support the Head of Regional Fundraising to drive the continued growth of the charity’s community fundraising income in your area. You will also be required to show excellent relationship-building skills to support community partnerships and volunteer groups, driving towards agreed targets.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract, or on return of the substantive post holder, to cover a period of maternity leave.

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

• Responsibility for 3 income streams within the East Midlands region
• Identify and apply for ‘Charity of the Year’ partnerships with corporates in the region, account manage these relationships up to a value of £16,000 per annum and support with partnerships with a value of up to £100,000
• Support existing volunteer fundraisers to encourage continued loyalty to the charity and to maximise funds raised, in accordance with fundraising legislation and good practice.
• Recruit new fundraising supporters in line with strategy.
• Support and extend volunteer networks within geographical area in line with strategy.
• To ensure that fundraising activity is implemented and managed locally to deliver budgets, targets and income in line with strategy. To achieve this by supporting and facilitating the development of groups and volunteers across geographical area.
• Supporter Management; Provide excellent customer service to community fundraising supporters (including maintaining a polite, enthusiastic manner with prompt responses to enquiries), to acknowledge support and increase long-term loyalty.
• Provide high-quality account management to volunteer groups in geographical area.
• Support, motivate and develop local fundraising volunteers, ensuring they have a clear understanding of ARUK to enable them to represent the charity’s work effectively.
• Increasing Community Support within geographical area; run volunteer events with both a recruitment and cultivation function, liaising closely with the Stewardship and Events team to ensure a seamless supporter journey, and with the Press team to include media volunteers.
• Liaise with local community organisations (e.g., golf clubs, educational institutions etc.) – both previous and new potential supporters – to extend income and activity in line with strategy.
• Initiate and roll out community fundraising events in geographical area with evidence of effective ROI and achievement of strategic goals.
• Monitoring and reporting.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the CFM / HORF in line with the responsibilities of the post.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in partnership fundraising and/or relationship building
• Experience in public-speaking, such as giving presentations and talking at events
• Knowledge of recruiting key volunteers and fundraising supporters
• Experience and a keen interest in building long term relationships with supporters
• Proven ability of providing excellent stewardship
• An ability to manage a busy and varied workload
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent organisational skills
• Full driver’s license with access to own vehicle. 
• Flexibility to work some unsocial hours and willingness to travel independently

Additional Information:

Ways of working: As part of our Remote ways of working you will be home based. You will only need to attend the office for specific requirements of the role and the business needs.

Roles that are classed as part of the Remote ways of working are able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abingdon, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

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

Please download the Vacancy Pack for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 29th August 2022, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 12th September 2022. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.  Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via the channels on our website. 

How to apply:

Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV and covering letter to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK:

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

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

To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a positive individual to join our team as a Volunteer Team Leader on a permanent basis in the London area. You will join us working 35 hours per week including occasional weekends and evenings. You will be based remotely, with a requirement to travel in and around London in the proper execution of your duties. The ideal candidate will live inside or around the M25 or be willing to relocate. In return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £27,790.65 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021 we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!

Reporting to the Operations Manager for London you will be working closely with Area Branch Development Managers and other internal and external stakeholders including volunteers, to develop and promote volunteering opportunities.

Responsibilities of our Volunteer Team Leader:

The main purpose of this role is to promote and co-ordinate volunteering within a designated geographical area. The post holder will recruit, train, schedule and support a team of diverse volunteers to enhance the smooth running of activities within branches, centres, and/ or projects etc., in all aspects of their work.

What we’re looking for in our Volunteer Team Leader:

• A full, manual driving license and access to your own vehicle is essential
• Proven team leader and/or supervisory experience as well as experience previously supervising volunteers
• Good organisational skills as well as a proven ability to multitask and work on own initiative, accurately and under pressure
• A flexible approach to hours and enjoys working as part of team
• Confident communicator with lots of energy teamed with a positive upbeat attitude!

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £27,790.65 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Volunteer Team Leader and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note applications which are received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date: 21st August 2022

Virtual interview date: w/c 29th August 2022

Please note, should we receive a large amount of applications for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date.

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm.  We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment

You may be subject to a criminal record check if required for the role.

We are proud to be partnering with a charity who cares for historic monuments, building and places. We are working together to find an outstanding Learning and Development officer. It is a full time, temporary role. The job has the potential to become permanent and will initially be offered on a 6 month contract. This is a UK wide role and you can be home based.

The Learning and Development officer will work in partnership with HR colleagues and key stakeholders to understand the development needs for all employees and volunteers. You will support the People Development Manager to identify, plan, develop and evaluate learning and development activities for your key internal clients or project you may be working on. You will be responsible for providing support to the wider HR and Volunteering team in identifying management and leadership training requirements to meet business needs. You will design, develop and update online learning and support materials to facilitate independent development across core areas as appropriate and promote learning.

You will need experience in delivering training and learning interventions. Also, you will need to have previous experience of training design and development. You must demonstrate understanding of the NVQ and further/ higher education systems. You should have up to date knowledge of learning and development theory and application. You need to have great communication, IT and organisational skills.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call to brief you on the role.

Opora is a charity helping Ukrainians fleeing the war rebuild their lives in the UK sustainably and for the long term. Opora helps tens of thousands of Ukrainians in the UK with information, advice and practical support to rebuild their lives in the UK, addressing employability, mental health, accommodation and financial needs. Opora adopts technology-led and entrepreneurial approaches to solving charitable problems for our beneficiaries.

The Managing Director will be responsible for furthering the objects of Opora and ensuring the successful delivery of Opora’s charitable activities across all aspects of the Opora mission. The Managing Director will provide exceptional leadership to our staff, volunteers and represent Opora externally. The Managing Director will be overseeing all aspects of managing Opora’s day-to-day activities, strategic growth, fundraising and regulatory / statutory reporting and financial management. 

Opora is a very entrepreneurial and dynamic charity, focussed on technology-led solutions to achieve scale of our charitable activities and outcomes for our beneficiaries - the successful candidate will need to embody this approach and principles. We will consider all career backgrounds and candidates who can demonstrate the required skills, capacity and willingness to learn fast, problem-solve and discover innovative, technology-led solutions in support of our beneficiaries. This is a great opportunity for someone to step into a leadership role, act as an owner and help scale-up Opora’s effort and impact.

Main responsibilities 

• Overall leadership of Opora

  • Developing and implementing Opora strategies in conjunction with the Board of Trustees

  • Developing and implementing new and existing partnerships and funding initiatives

  • Pro-actively seeking and establishing opportunities to enhance and expand the impact of Opora’s charitable activities

  • Representing and promoting the organisation externally

  • Overseeing the day-to-day management of Opora, the Opora platform and online communities and supporting the team in delivery and development of charitable activities.

• Planning and development

  • In conjunction with the Board of Trustees, develop, implement and monitor the business and development plan, including the identification of new charitable projects and risks

  • Maintain an awareness of the context in which the charity is operating, including policy, legislation, commissioning, social trends and beneficiaries’ needs (especially by proactively analysing Opora’s online community engagement) and use these to develop and adapt the service and support local, national and cross government national policies

  • Translate organisational objectives into team and individual work plans with clear and realistic targets.

• Fundraising / income generation

  • Develop with the Board of Trustees, and implement, a diverse funding strategy and plan that underpins the sustainability of the organisation, and expands and diversifies the organisation's funding base

  • Ensure the funding plan is executed effectively through the development of appropriate services and projects that are attractive to funders

  • Develop and implement an efficient and effective bid identification and writing process that yields sustainable funding to support strategic service development

  • Present all funding opportunities to the Board for confirmation of fit with the organisation’s requirements 

• External affairs and public relations

  • Maintain and develop strong, effective networks and relationships in communities across the UK, with stakeholders, partners, funders and potential funders, local government, beneficiaries and within the wider community, voluntary and special enterprise sector

  • Promote and protect the aims, principles, policies, interests and reputation of the Opora, developing the profile through appropriate publicity, media and marketing activities, including public speaking, presentations and use of social media

  • Identify and develop partnership opportunities and work effectively with other organisations and consortia, where appropriate

  • Liaise with the Home Office and other Departments and contribute to their work at regional and national levels, where appropriate.

• Supporting the Board of Trustees

  • Arrange and attend meetings of the Board of Trustees, including sub committees, working groups, the annual general meeting and any special general meetings

  • Advise the Board of Trustees on financial, staffing and operational issues and on compliance with the Opora policies and Charity Commission guidance and relevant legislation, company and charity law, health and safety, employment, etc

  • Report to the Board of Trustees on progress against the business plan and agreed objectives

  • Prepare and draft Opora annual report.

• Financial management

  • Ensure day-to-day financial control of the charitable activities within budget agreed by the Board of Trustees

  • Ensure that all finances are properly administered and monitored, and that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place and in use at all times

  • Prepare and review detailed budgets for approval by the Board of Trustees in conjunction with Trustees and / or appropriate sub-committee, accountants auditors

  • Ensure regular management reports are made to the Board of Trustees on income, expenditure and any variations from budgets

  • Oversee the correct preparation of accounts and financial statements in conjunction with Trustees, accountants and auditors

  • Ensure that all financial reporting obligations are met in relation to submissions for funding; grant aid, contracts and any other initiatives.

• Staff and volunteer management

• Ensure and promote a positive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is passionate about supporting Opora’s beneficiaries 

• Ensure that the very best people management practices exist throughout the whole employee/volunteer lifecycle

• Ensure that a comprehensive trustee/staff/volunteer strategy and annual plan is developed and put in place, to include effective recruitment, training development, and performance management

• In accordance with the Opora organisational procedures, assist the Board of Trustees in implementing and monitoring employment policies and procedures 

Experience and skills

• Fluent English required; Ukrainian or Russian preferred 

• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision in a very entrepreneurial, fully-remote working environment required

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, to represent Opora to the community, its stakeholders and partners required

• Ability to manage competing priorities and dynamically prioritise workload, ensuring all ongoing and project tasks are completed on time required

• Demonstrable knowledge charity governance, general management best practice required

• An entrepreneurial mindset, with outstanding organisational, leadership and community-building skills required 

• Prior fundraising experience from donors, grants, trusts in a small charity preferred 

• Experience in working with vulnerable groups and beneficiaries, strong knowledge of safeguarding best practice both online and offline preferred 

As Hourglass works towards a modern new vision based on community-led support, this exciting new role presents a unique opportunity to help us deliver a person-centred approach to tackling and preventing the abuse of older people across the outlined areas.

The model will provide specialist domestic abuse support for older victims in Surrey and Cambridgeshire. 

You should be in travelling distance of one of the above areas as you will need to attend events in those areas and meet servcie users. 

The Community Response Officer (DA) will play a key role in shaping Hourglass’ response to meeting the needs of the vulnerable older population and their communities across the outlined areas. Working within our new Community Hub structure (operating remotely initially, with the intention of establishing a physical base in the longer term), the postholder will be pivotal in helping us establish a one-stop-shop of information, advice and support services around the abuse of older people and safer ageing.

Delivering our services within the Hub, the postholder will support a team of volunteers, as well as shaping the delivery of a range of services to provide support from prevention right through to recovery. 

Engagement Officer

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Locality Impact directorate and lead on Engagement in their area.

Position: Engagement Officer

Location: Homebased, London with extensive travel across the locality area

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week

Salary: Salary circa £20,508 per annum (FTE circa £25,636 per annum pro rata)

(inner London weighting £2,639 per annum or outer London weighting £1,404 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: This is a fixed term Maternity cover until 30 June 2023

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 30 August 2022 

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

Reporting to the Engagement Lead, the Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against engagement activity, including supporting the development of the Stroke Group Network, and building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders including groups, partners, stroke survivors and carers in the locality.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting delivery against the community volunteering strategy for the locality
• Building and maintaining key relationships with key stakeholders
• Enabling peer support and self-sustaining stroke communities to flourish in the locality
• Providing management to volunteers and volunteer managers
• Supporting delivery of a localised approach to addressing health inequalities
• Volunteer recruitment

About You

You will have experience/understanding of:

• Managing and developing volunteers
• Working in partnership with other organisations, ideally in voluntary, health and social care
• Developing support using co-production with service users
• Supporting groups and developing networks

The ability to travel extensively across the locality is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To fulfil the role you must you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Engagement, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement Lead, Community Engagement Coordinator, Community Engagement Worker, Community Engagement Assistant, Community Volunteering Engagement, Community Volunteering Engagement Officer, Volunteer, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Officer, Volunteer Coordinator.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Are you looking for a job where you are in control of the work you do, have life balance and the flexibility and freedom to achieve results?

Are you looking for new energy and a new challenge?

Newark & Sherwood CVS (NSCVS) & Rushcliffe CVS (RCVS) are looking for a Business Development Manager (working title you get to choose your own!) to develop a Partnership which will support our communities to grow and thrive.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Creating and Developing the project
• Working with stakeholders to help shape the project
• Delivering solutions to meet community need
• Developing more effective and sustainable services

We’re interested in your ability not your qualifications; whatever your background e.g. NHS, Local Authority, VCSE we would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:

• Working at both a strategic level & operational level
• Partnership Development experience with the skills to motivate stakeholders to get involved
• An understanding of the issues affecting communities at a local and national level

Closing date: We will keep the post open until we’ve recruited and will be viewing applications as they come in.

We are looking for someone to support our Learning & Development programmes and initiatives at Friends of the Earth. This will include supporting a wider range of training interventions run across several different platforms including e-learning, in-house training, webinars and external training.

This is a really exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be able to creatively contribute to building new L&D programmes. The successful candidate will be joining at a time when we are developing and enhancing our learning offer and will be a pivotal part of making this happen.  

Key Skills and Attributes: 

This role will suit a candidate who is enthusiastic about supporting colleagues and teams in their professional development. They will be responsible for providing administrative and co-ordination support across our L&D initiatives. In addition, the post holder will be given the opportunity to lead on presentation, webinars and internal training if desired. Although it is not required for the role.  

You will be highly organised, committed to providing person centred support so colleagues and be an excellent communicator. You will be able to work co-operatively and productively across different teams and levels of the organisation.

The team: 

This post is situated within the newly formed Learning & Change team which also leads on work relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Culture and Wellbeing. As a small team we work closely together and learn from each other. So this post holder will have access to these other work streams be able to get involved in these areas as capacity allows.

If you have a passion for empowering colleagues to flourish, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date:  Sunday 4th September 2022

Interviews: w/c 26th September

Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 

Contract Type: 12 months fixed term

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments: We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

At The Bike Project we provide an innovative solution to one of the most pressing problems facing asylum seekers and refugees on arrival to the UK: access to transport when living on a limited income. 

Our mission is simple: each year we match refugees and asylum seekers with the many thousands of bikes that go abandoned or unloved around the country. We then go on to support these new bike owners to realise the emotional, practical and physical benefits of cycling. 9 years since that first bike donation, we are about to donate our 10,000th bike and have expanded the project to include multiple programs, from refugee befriending services to women-only cycling classes.

We have supported tens of thousands of refugees to get access to bikes, learn to cycle and created a community of colleagues, refugees, volunteers and supporters. And we’ve grown rapidly in the last few years, from £720k turnover in 2018, to £2.3m turnover in 2021 and employing almost 40 staff. Despite our success, this is just the start and we are looking for a CEO who will continue to lead The Bike Project on to even greater things!

Please note that although the position is predominatly remote, with no requirement to work from the office, the nature of the role involves attending regular face to face activities and site visits around London. These vary in frequency but can be several times per week.

Project Officer – Species Recovery Volunteer Network (Fixed-Term)
Reference: JUL20226079
Location: Flexible in Northern Ireland
Salary: £23,939 - £26,558 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata)
Duration: Fixed Term for 3 years until September 2025
Hours: Full Time

Volunteers are amazing. They enhance our capacity and enable us to make a bigger and better impact for nature. The Species Recovery Volunteer Network is an exciting project to get more, and more diverse, people engaged in work to save our most threatened species. Volunteers carry out a wide variety of activities including bird-surveying, community engagement and nest protection, whilst working to provide a sustainable legacy for our most threatened species. The Network is already supporting the recovery of species in Eastern England, including little tern, stone curlew, and turtle dove.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual with a passion for working with people to develop and deliver the Species Recovery Volunteer Network in NI. This is a really exciting opportunity as we expand the approach into NI and engage volunteers in priority species projects here. You will work closely with on-the-ground staff to establish what support is needed for species projects across NI as well as working closely with communities to recruit and engage volunteers. You will provide capacity building and support for staff for initial species project set up, and development and skills progression for volunteer teams. You will support the project manager to ensure the project is delivered effectively and promote the project internally and externally.

What's the role about?

The successful candidate will have experience of volunteer management and be passionate about the vital role volunteers and communities play in delivering long-term, sustainable conservation. You will be a team player, with experience in training and supporting staff and volunteers. You will have proven experience of working as part of a team to deliver, monitor and report on projects. 

You will be responsible for:

• Assisting species teams to identify roles and tasks for volunteers
• Working closely with staff and local communities to build and support volunteer teams, led by volunteer co-ordinators. This will include volunteer recruitment, induction and training
• Ensuring long-term legacy through the recruitment of volunteer co-ordinators and skills development
• Working with staff, partners, and volunteers as necessary to ensure that actions are delivered to the agreed standards of cost, quality and time
• Ensuring that risks and issues are highlighted to the project manager
• Helping to put in place the right governance structure to keep the project on track
• Undertaking agreed activities in order to deliver the project outputs and objectives in accordance with the project plan
• Producing relevant project documentation, such as contributions to reports, volunteer training guides and newsletters, as directed by the project manager
• Developing and delivering appropriate communication activities such as ‘thank you’ events, media interaction, talks and production of project promotional materials in association with communications colleagues to support the delivery of the project
• Coordinating meetings and reporting to the project manager (and project board if appropriate)
• Contribute to annual project reviews and project board meetings

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience of recruiting, managing and developing volunteers
• The ability to present and communicate verbally in a passionate and credible manner to internal and external audiences
• An ability to produce clear and written communications with experience of producing written materials e.g. reports, newsletters and similar project related communications
• An ability to persuade and influence a wide range of people, both internally and externally
• An ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances
• Proven time management, organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work well as part of a cross-functional project team, working with species teams, volunteers and other stakeholders
• Experience of organising training events, workshops or facilitated discussions and meetings
• Demonstrable experience of developing and working in partnerships to achieve shared outcomes
• Competent IT user (e.g. MS packages, Outlook etc)

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions
• Experience of working with and engaging communities, ideally with a conservation or environmental focus

Additional Information

This role will require some travel and, on occasion, short periods staying away.

The location of this role is flexible within Northern Ireland and can be home and/or office-based. The line manager of this role will be home-based in England.

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

Closing Date: 23:59, Sun, 21st Aug 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 29th August 2022.

Interested?

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

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.

Engagement Officer

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Locality Impact directorate and lead on Engagement in their area.

Position: Engagement Officer

Location: Homebased, London with extensive travel across the locality area

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week

Salary: £15,381 per annum (FTE £25,636 pro rata) (inner London weighting £1,979 per annum or outer London weighting £1,053 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 30 August 2022 

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

Reporting to the Engagement Lead, the Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against engagement activity, including supporting the development of the Stroke Group Network, and building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders including groups, partners, stroke survivors and carers in the locality.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting delivery against the community volunteering strategy for the locality
• Building and maintaining key relationships with key stakeholders
• Enabling peer support and self-sustaining stroke communities to flourish in the locality
• Providing management to volunteers and volunteer managers
• Supporting delivery of a localised approach to addressing health inequalities
• Volunteer recruitment

About You

You will have experience/understanding of:

• Managing and developing volunteers
• Working in partnership with other organisations, ideally in voluntary, health and social care
• Developing support using co-production with service users
• Supporting groups and developing networks

The ability to travel extensively across the locality is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To fulfil the role you must you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Engagement, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement Lead, Community Engagement Coordinator, Community Engagement Worker, Community Engagement Assistant, Community Volunteering Engagement, Community Volunteering Engagement Officer, Volunteer, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Officer, Volunteer Coordinator.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Salary & allowances: Salary circa £25,000 per annum + car allowance (£3,600 per annum) = £28,600

Location:  Home based with travel throughout England & Wales

Contract: Full-time (37½ hrs per week).  Permanent

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) is seeking an individual to play a leading role in supporting and developing YFC county federations as a YFC Field Officer.

YFC Field Officer:

The role will join NFYFC’s staff team to assist with delivery of support services provided to NFYFCs constituent county federations. 

The purpose of the role is to act as the key point of contact for the YFC county workforce and to support them to effectively manage the county federation (an independent charity) and to assist the county federations provide support to YFC clubs (small local charities).  The YFC workforce comprises of volunteers and staff working for YFC county federations either in a voluntary or a salaried role. A significant number of volunteers change roles annually, and quickly building working relationships will be a key target.

This is a multi-disciplinary role with responsibility for providing advice, guidance, support and resources for the YFC county workforce as well as distinguishing the training needs that will develop the effectiveness of the county federations.

The role will include learning and sharing the good practices in place in YFC clubs and county federations – acting as a conduit to share these across the organisation.

What you may find yourself doing:

1. Responding to the challenges of a busy working environment managing requests for information and support from NFYFC’s constituent county federations and volunteers - candidates must be adaptable and enjoy a fast-paced working environment. 
2. Making regular ‘check-in’ visits (via telephone, online or in person) with NFYFC’s constituent county federation staff and volunteers in England and Wales. Assisting with preparing any action planning required.
3. Learning of good practices already in place in YFC clubs and county federations and sharing these across the organisation.
4. Designing or assessing training materials and programmes to meet identified needs.
5. Planning and delivering training sessions or events.  Making requests for colleagues to produce materials to support training activities.

 The closing date for applications is 12 noon Friday 19 August 2022.

1. About you:

We are seeking applicants who are:

Essential

1. Experienced in working with volunteers and young people.  Able to adapt to working with new volunteers annually.  Experience of the Young Farmers’ Clubs organisation or as a youthwork practitioner will be an advantage.
2. Experienced in working to a robust safeguarding policy and safeguarding first culture.
3. Able to demonstrate experience of supporting and mentoring volunteers and colleagues.  Able to build strong productive relationships (on occasion remotely).
4. Networkers with influencing skills that result in positive outcomes - Experience of engaging internal decision makers and decision-making bodies at a county or regional level when making policy recommendations – this will include consultation and ability to pre-empt questions/concerns.
5. Able to encourage and influence the learning and training provided by NFYFC (delivery of much of our training is through a network of volunteers).
6. Able to manage administration and record keeping including experience of servicing committees, producing committee reports, taking and producing minutes to a high standard.
7. Fluent in the use of IT (MS Office, databases and other digital/online tools).
8. Experienced in promoting and demonstrating anti-discriminatory practice.
9. A driver (full licence) – essential and access to a vehicle to be used for work (this post attracts a car allowance and mileage claims against the expenses policy).  Travel throughout England and Wales is a requirement of the role.
10. Charismatic – an outgoing personality and a team player.

Desirable

1. Experienced in working with and managing the governance functions of a small charity or keen to learn about and provide advice on the governance of small local charitable organisations.
2. Experienced in committee work.
3. Able to identify training needs and to develop and design national-level training materials and toolkits.
4. Holders of formal qualifications as an educator or youthworker.
5. Experienced working with/for a membership organisation.

1. Other:
   1. The post is fulltime and is permanent.
   2. Contracted hours are balanced, and post holders will average a 37½ hour working week.  Working hours will include some evenings and some weekends.  A time off in lieu policy is in place.
   3. The post is homebased and travel throughout England and Wales is a requirement of this role and may involve occasional overnight stays.  Attendance at national meetings that NFYFC hosts (online, or often in Warwickshire) will be required. 
   4. Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non-UK National, you must already have an appropriate working visa/right to work in the UK to be considered. This post is based in the UK.
   5. NFYFC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to inclusion and embrace the spirit of all equalities legislation. Where possible we will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it.

1. About the organisation:

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (England & Wales) [NFYFC] is one of the largest rural youth organisations in the UK.  The organisation provides opportunities for personal development of its members through training programmes, competitions, skills certificates and overseas travel.  This is a democratic membership organisation comprising of approx. 580 Young Farmers’ Clubs in England & Wales which are grouped in 46 county federations.

The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs supports the clubs and county federations achieve the charity objectives through a range of programmes and training underpinned by youth work principles.  Programmes of work are designed to offer opportunities for participation, learning, fun and personal development to YFC members aged 10 to 28 years and to those supporting them in their roles across England and Wales.

Instructions to applicants:-

1. All applications to be submitted on the NFYFC’s application form  and accompanied by a supporting statement/letter/email, outlining how you meet the person specification and what you can bring to the role (no more than two A4 sides.
2. Closing date for completed applications is 12 noon Friday 19 August 2022