Our Corporate Fundraising income stream has seen strong growth over the past few years, and we are seeking a candidate with a proven track record of securing new business as well as maintaining and developing existing relationships through great account management. You will lead on small to medium-value relationships and support the Head of Fundraising on larger corporate partnership accounts as required. You will also have event management experience and will be responsible for running our corporate volunteering challenge events.

As part of a small fundraising team of three, there is the opportunity to operate across several income streams and this role is also responsible for supporting community fundraising and fundraising initiatives at our Projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Managing relationships up to value of £20,000 within our corporate portfolio currently worth c. £250,000. You will support them in their fundraising and volunteering activities and produce impact reports to ensure they feel enthused about their support for FoodCycle
2. Researching and bringing on board viable new corporate prospects that fit with FoodCycle’s values and aims, particularly capitalising on regional opportunities based on our project locations. Contribute to a new business target of £100,000
3. Help develop and deliver fundraising campaigns to boost individual giving and community fundraising
4. Liaise with fundraising-lead volunteers at Projects to encourage and support them in fundraising initiatives
5. Supporting the Head of Fundraising in their management of a small number of the highest value relationship
6. Supporting the Head of Fundraising on major corporate pitches as required
7. Planning and running corporate food challenge events once they can be safely delivered (currently on pause and looking to adapt to virtual events)
8. Liaising with Marketing & Communications team to deliver impactful donor communications that drive loyalty and uplift support

We are looking for a Manager to join our award-winning Healthwatch Brent team.

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 5 days per week (35 hours). 

Contract:All Healthwatch contracts run for fixed periods. This post is offered until March 2021.

Pension Payment: CommUNITY Barnet will make a pension contribution into a workplace pension scheme

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, excluding bank holidays

Based at:Wembley office with travel across NW London as required.

An excellent opportunity for a Manager with the ability to lead a team, to work operationally and strategically, to involve a range of local residents to help improve health and social care services, as part of a national programme.

Background

Healthwatch Brent is a successful and innovative organisation forming part of the national Healthwatch England Network. We were awarded the 2019 Outstanding Individuals have recently won an award by Healthwatch England Awards for the team’s contribution to improving services. Our role is to be the independent voice of residents using health and social care services and to present that voice to statutory partners and commissioners.  We aim to influence and improve how local health and social care services are delivered.

Local Healthwatch organisations are a statutory function defined by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The Healthwatch Brent Manager will be responsible for operational delivery of the Healthwatch services.  The successful candidate will be part of a small, focused and friendly team who work together to listen to and engage residents, to carry out community research and work with health and social care to improve services. 

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is Monday 13th July 2020 at 9am.

Interviews will be held via Zoom

Please send your CV, with a covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the person specification (page 4 of the Job Specification).

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

 

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Based at Choices Offices (390 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN) or at home during lockdown

Salary: £28,000 pro rata plus pension contributions in line with the Government’s statutory requirement

Hours of work: This is a part-time role of 2.5 day/week (20 hours). You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and flexibility will be expected.

This contract is for one year with the possibility of extension

Safeguarding: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

 

About the role:

This is a varied and interesting role in which you’ll play an important part in supporting Choices and its growth. The Fundraising and Operations Manager will manage and develop our community fundraising (individual giving and events) and support the Executive Director with running our grant application fundraising.The role also involves developing new areas of fundraising (e.g. corporate; major gifts; mid-level giving), as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and operations.This is predominantly a fundraising role which includes the management of our office and programmatic operations, given the overlap of impact reporting and data management responsibilities.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and self-starting, bringing relevant experience to the role. This job would suit an experienced fundraiser returning to work after a career break, or someone earlier in their career who is ready to take on more responsibility and play a key role in Choices’ future development. As a part time role, it would suit someone looking to work in fundraising and operations whilst also pursuing other interests or meeting caring commitments.

One of the benefits of working in a small charity as a key member of a friendly team is that you can make your role your own and develop it further according to your interests and skills. The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate they are an entrepreneurial self-starter who would relish this opportunity.

About Choices:

Choices is charity that operates from a Christian ethos of compassion, care and respect, delivering services in the community and in prisons including:

-       Non-directive, non-judgmental support for those facing unplanned pregnancy

-       Counselling support for those coming to terms with a decision to terminate a pregnancy or facing anxiety during pregnancy

-       Befriending services for pregnant women and new mothers facing low income, isolation and anxiety

-       Counselling for women in prison supporting them through issues of child separation 

There is an occupational requirement attached to this role requiring you to be a practicing Christian.

Job Description: The Fundraising and Operations Manager will be responsible for two main areas of work and time will be split between the two as the work dictates:

1) managing and developing our fundraising work, with a focus on individual giving, campaigns and events, but also exploring the development of new income streams (e.g. mid-level giving; major donors)

2) managing office operations, and supporting programmatic monitoring and evaluation

Specific tasks include (but are not limited to):

1.  FUNDRAISING

• Stewarding existing supporters through existing means (e.g. sending out newsletters via MailChimp) and developing a more creative and sustainable stewardship programme

• Communicating with individual givers via email and phone

• Identification of mid-level and major donor prospects among individual givers, and proactive prospect research and cultivation

• Supporting external grant-writers to apply for grants, and report-writing

• Managing, recording and submitting monthly appeals to trusts and foundations

• Organising both fundraising and stewardship events

• Running online campaigns and appeals, including creating assets, writing copy, merging emails, using social media platforms.

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of grants and securely storing all fundraising data (e.g. donor data, Gift Aid forms) in accordance with GDPR)

• Managing all fundraising data, including managing and developing the use of a CRM database (currently Salesforce) that is also used to store client data.

2.  OPERATIONS

• Running our office processes and procedures (eg Health & Safety and insurance, managing office services, utilities, petty cash, data storage, updating policies, general office upkeep including stationary, office supplies etc)

• Operational support for different project areas (eg collating statistics, updating the database, creating evaluation reports, managing volunteer applications, etc)

• Taking responsibility along with other staff for answering phone calls, booking appointments for clients

• Developing the CRM for recording client data and impact reporting in addition to donor data

• Attend Choices Management Team meetings (on Thursdays) and occasionally attend Board meetings as required (weekday evenings)

 

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices Islington.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential:

•  Mature Christian faith. In order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.

• Supportive of the work of Choices

• Experience of working as a fundraiser (ideally within individual giving and community fundraising)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to proactively build and develop positive relationships internally and externally 

• Excellent organisation skills

• Strong project management/administration skills, preferably in the charity sector

• IT and social media literate (experience of mailing systems e.g. MailChimp is desirable)

• Experience of working with CRMs/databases 

• Self-motivated and confident working alone

• Solutions-focused

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player

• Capacity to be flexible and innovative in the changing circumstances of a small, but growing charity

Desirable:

• Entrepreneurial thinking

• Knowledge of safeguarding

• Knowledge and experience of using Salesforce (CRM)

 

How to apply:

Application is by CV and covering letter with reference to the job description and person specification. Please set out clearly what skills, experience and qualities you will bring to the role and how your Christian faith informs your understanding of Choices’ work and vision.

Please include the name and contact details of two referees: one to be your most recent employer and the other a senior leader at your church who knows you well. References will not be sought prior to the interview.

The closing date for applications is 10.00am on June 30th, but we may close before this if we find the right candidate. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

Depaul currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Fundraising Database Assistant to join the team on a part time contract (22.5 hours per week) until August 2020. In return you’ll receive a competitive salary of £13,566 pa pro rata (£22,610 pa FTE) + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Fundraising Database Assistant, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Fundraising Database Assistant role:

The Fundraising Database Assistant is responsible for recording donations and accurately importing data and income onto Raiser’s Edge in a timely and accurate manner. They will ensure data across the department is kept up to date and will also act as the first point of contact for day-to-day data-related queries.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Fundraising Database Assistant role?

- High computer literacy with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel

- Excellent attention to detail

- Experience of working with financial, supporter and/or customer data

- Excellent problem solving skills

- Understanding of the implications of data protection legislation

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Fundraising Database Assistant then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date – Wednesday 15th July 23:59

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Do you want to help build a world where everyone feels part of a community? We're looking to recruit a talented and motivated individual, with fundraising and communications/marketing experience and a good understanding of social media for this new income generating role. If you are ambitious, have an aptitude for writing engaging content, excellent organisational skills, enjoy a collaborative environment and want to contribute to a dynamic team then this is for you.

What we do

Time & Talents is a lively, busy community centre in the heart of Rotherhithe, SE16.  Set in a leafy heritage building as well as in T&T2, our second modern venue in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, Time & Talents offers something for everyone. We have a history of 133 years of supporting people of all ages in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, bringing people together for mutual support, fun and friendship. With a wide range of services and activities for older people and other adults, along with volunteering and schools’ outreach projects across the local area, we make sure that everyone feels part of a community and we work to reduce isolation and loneliness. We provide informal learning opportunities for adults, especially around practical skills like gardening, crafts, ukulele and mindfulness, and a range of hosted activities including yoga, the local history society and choirs. We see a core part of our work as providing ways for local people to connect and share their time and talents, including a wide range of volunteering opportunities, skills-sharing and ways to socialise and connect neighbours close and far.

The role

In this role, you’ll:

• Support our fundraising strategy by writing applications and letters, researching funding sources, thanking donors, reporting on projects
• Manage and update social media platforms daily to increase awareness and support
• Deliver our creative marketing materials across social media, print, website and face to face
• Assist in the running of seasonal events and a local festival
• Be a part of the day to day life of a lively, busy community centre where no two days are the same

About you

You are highly organised, have excellent literacy and numeracy, and a good knowledge of a wide range of fundraising, social media and marketing tools. You’ll have experience of working in a customer facing environment and preferably have experience of, or a demonstrable passion for, working in a community setting. Ideally, you'll have some fundraising and communications/marketing experience, an enthusiastic appetite for social media and a strong aptitude for writing in an engaging and persuasive way. Most of all, you’ll be flexible enough to turn your hand to different tasks across the organisation and prioritise well – this is a great opportunity to get your teeth into charity work, in an inspiring community setting.

About us

Based in the tranquil oasis of a beautiful old mortuary – nicer than it sounds! - and surrounded by gorgeous gardens, you’ll work with an energetic, experienced, and passionate team of 16, with a lively sense of humour. You’ll have the chance to make a big contribution to a growing, ambitious organisation which has doubled its reach and impact over the last three years. We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

If you'd like to come with us, apply now - we can't wait to hear from you!

The closing date is 09.00 on Monday 6 July 2020.  However, we’ll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

TO APPLY: all applications to be submitted online here.

Send a CV and a cover letter of no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job, and how your experience relates to the job description and person specification.

IMPORTANT: We will use cover letters to assess applications alongside CVs. Please ensure you take the time to include a well-written cover letter as detailed above. We won’t assess applications without one.

INTERVIEWS: The interview process will be two stage and consist of an initial interview on Friday 10 July or Monday 13 July. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second interview later w/c 13 July.

Coronavirus/COVID-19: The safety and wellbeing of our current and future employees remains a top priority, therefore all interviews will be conducted remotely if necessary.

Director of Fundraising
Full time-35hrs
£90k; Flexible location but with significant time in London

Cancer is different for young people. Our vision is a world where cancer doesn’t stop young people from living their lives – and our job in making that vision a reality is to improve the experience, survival and recovery of every young person with cancer in the UK. 

Young people facing cancer are at the centre of everything we do. Our values are built around this. We believe we can support young people with cancer best if we work in a determined, united, spirited and kind way. What that means is we all believe deeply in what we do & why we do it, but we also bring the attitude, drive, energy and passion that makes things happen.

Teenage Cancer Trust has been a hugely successful organisation for many years – leading the way in specialist support for young people with cancer in the UK and across the globe. We’re driven by what young people with cancer need and are the UK’s leading charity dedicated solely to the treatment, care and support of 13-25-year olds with cancer.

What’s clear is that we have significant opportunities to further expand and deepen our impact - but doing that in the face of the challenges to income posed by the current pandemic is going to be challenging.  

Now, we’re not daunted by that, far from it and we’re looking for a Director of Fundraising who can rise to the challenge and seize opportunities. With the right fundraising leader to help rebuild revenue and develop our strengths we know we will not only survive but thrive. This is not an organisation – or role - that’s about more of the same or one size fits all. 
 
Our team, our supporters and most of all young people with cancer need you to be a fundraising leader who is creative, collaborative and prepared to think differently. We need to continue to innovate to help drive the growth in impact that young people deserve, and our supporters expect.
 
This role has the potential to be life changing - not only for young people with cancer - but also for you and the talented, experienced teams you will be leading and empowering.

We need our Directors to be brilliant cross-organisational leaders with stacks of emotional intelligence and stakeholder engagement skills.  You will thrive when working in partnership and making alliances. Success and strength are not about us doing everything – it’s about getting everything done with others. At Teenage Cancer Trust we succeed, fail & learn together and are stronger than the sum of our parts.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

You can review the job pack and job description and apply online via our website.Don’t forget to upload your CV and covering letter. If you require any help making your application please contact us.

Applications should be received by 3.00pm on 6 July 2020.
First interviews: 13th and 14th July (online)
Second interviews: 20th and 22nd July (online)

We are committed to working towards ensuring Teenage Cancer Trust is a diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

Challengers seeks a highly skilled individual looking to work with a ambitious team of fundraising and communications professionals. This role will be an excellent opportunity for the candidate who is seeking a role which will challenge and extend their skills, allow them to work with a great team of people in an inclusive and supportive environment, whilst being given autonomy to change and develop new strategies in a growing organisation.

You will be responsible for both the fundraising and communications strategies for the organsiation. A cultivator of income, support and followers, prepared to support the organisation to the next level of growth. Must be able to build great relationships both internally and externally and have a proven track record of income generation.

Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

We are passionate about the work we do and need equally committed members on our team to help us achieve those goals.

We are looking for someone to be lead on Health & Safety, working closely with Practice and our external H&S consultants to support service delivery, ensuring compliance and managing risk.

They will need to lead the coordination of all organisational wide property repairs / maintenance, utilities, insurance, archiving, corporate purchasing and facilities activities.

Also responsible for the coordination of all corporate services matters relating to project / service transfers into and out of the organisation.

The role will also include working with Spurgeons senior management to provide managers with advice and guidance on disaster recovery and business continuity planning and to ensure that suitable continuity plans are in place at all premises and reviewed annually. 

They will also be the budget holder for the Rushden office, having responsibility for the day to day Rushden premises up-keep, alarms and security and covering the Welcome & Support role when needed.

Full details of the role can be viewed in the job description on our website.

This role is to cover maternity leave.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.

Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer

Supporter Giving & Engagement Officer

Permanent contract

35 hours per week

£29,209 per annum / pro rata (plus allowances)

Benefits

Holidays:

28 days, rising to 30 days after 5 years, 32 after 10, 34 after 15 and 36 days after 20 years' service.

Pension:

Stakeholder pension scheme starting at 4% with company-matched employee contributions to a maximum of 8%.

Training and development:

Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities is available including courses, conferences and coaching/mentoring.

Death in service benefit:

Four times annual salary offered for all employees regardless of pension membership.

Discounted health scheme:

Simplyhealth cash plan covering e.g. dental, optical and chiropody etc at a 20% discounted rate.

Season ticket loan:

Interest free loan for an annual or quarterly season ticket for public transport to and from work.

Bicycle loan scheme:

Loans up to £1000 for bicycle purchase.

You Star:

Voluntary employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing and holidays.

Family friendly policies:

Including Flexible Working, enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.

Free 24hr confidential counselling service

Location

Whitecross Studios. 50 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8ST

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Supporter Giving & Engagement department and works to raise vital funds to provide our services for children and young people. Your role will contribute to the delivery of multi-channel campaigns that are highly personalised and engage supporters in a wide range of activities including fundraising, volunteering, campaigning and spiritual engagement, to increase their life time value (LTV) a supportive supporter experience.

We are currently looking for an experienced fundraiser in direct and digital marketing to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your proven ability to:

-Manage a programme of end to end campaign supporter facing communications, using insights, to budget and time.

-Be a strong communicator with; excellent written and oral skills, attention to detail, write, evaluate and proof-read audience and channel-specific copy, including copy writing to meet a brief.

-Display good numeracy and data analysis skills. Understanding of end-to-end data processes including segmentation, interpret data to spot trends & adjust fundraising activity to build learnings.

-Bring together internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects to meet objectives in a positive and cohesive way and to agreed SLA's.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is 11:59 on 10th of July.

Interviews will be held on 17th & 20th July.

To carry out maintenance and repairs to the facilities at Yeldall Manor, using your own trade skills and those of sub-contractors and volunteers. To supervise and train, with the assistance of the Facilities Manager, residents working in the maintenance department as part of the drug/alcohol recovery programme, providing meaningful and challenging work for them. To assist in the co-ordination of Yeldall Manor’s planned maintenance programme, keeping this programme up to date and maintaining records of work carried out.

You will have: practical skills and a desire to use and share them with others; the sensitivity to work alongside men in their recovery journeys; the ability to manage your own workload and stay calm under pressure; a solid Christian faith and the ability to be an appropriate role model to our client group.

As Yeldall Manor is a Christian organisation operating a Christian programme, it is an occupational requirement (in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010) that the successful candidate is a committed and practising Christian. This position is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. If you are in recovery, a minimum of two years’ demonstrable clean time is required.

This post is for 24 hours a week, weekdays only.

Please see the Job Description for additional information.

We are seeking an innovative, creative, and skilled individual to join our Leadership Team contributing to the strategic and operational work of GYC.  You will lead and develop the fundraising and marketing of the organisation.

As a confident communicator and networker, with excellent interpersonal skills, you will nurture strong relationships within the corporate and community world, raising the profile of young carers and the work of Gloucestershire Young Carers.

This is an ideal position for an energetic person with both strategic and operational expertise; with a passion and commitment to enabling young people to reach their potential; and with the ability and tenacity to achieve a high fundraising target.

You will represent GYC in a manner consistent with the highest professional standards reflecting GYC’s commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity and follow national and local policy in relation to safeguarding at all times.

Please note we do not accept application by CVs.

Closing Date Sunday, 5th July 2020 Midnight

Interviews Tuesday, 14th July 2020 (zoom)

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.
We are recruiting for a Fundraising Development Officer to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As a Fundraising Development Officer you will join our innovative, dynamic and creative Fundraising Development Team (FDT). The FDT was established a year ago to create a team of talented people who lead on all the internally focussed work required to create the supporter experiences we need to end homelessness.

The team lead on all of the following for the Partnerships and Philanthropy team; working across a range of internal teams to produce all 6 and 7 figure cases for support, creating engagement opportunities (whether in-person events, communications, webinars, virtual reality experiences, etc.), ensuring seamless and rewarding volunteer experiences, digital marketing, cross team funder reporting, supporting on new business, and more – the remit is broad, the space for creativity and risk taking is generous and in their first year this new team have smashed it and are ready to grow.

Whilst you won’t be primarily supporter facing you will be absolutely central to fundraising success, using and growing your in-depth knowledge of corporate partner and philanthropy audiences, putting you in a brilliant position to later move into either a frontline fundraising role or a range of other internal teams. But we hope you won’t want to leave!

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience writing for high net worth and/or business audiences.
• Confidence in using digital channels to communicate and meet objectives
• Experience of working on events for high value audiences, in both a lead and support role.
• Experience of building productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders in a medium to large scale organisation
• Good numeracy skills and an understanding of finance processes.
• Experience supporting a busy team on multiple projects and managing competing deadlines.
• Strong organisation skills, attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks.
• Able to work on own initiative, but also as part of a closely coordinated team.
• Share Crisis’s values and be passionate about ending homelessness

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Tuesday 14th July (23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.
 

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

Bank Project Workers

Burgess Hill, Crawley, Horsham, Worthing, Guildford, Eastbourne, Brighton & Hove

Varied shifts across all areas - please specify which area(s) on application

Sessional Contract

£10.05 per hour

We are recruiting Bank Staff to work with a diverse group of young people, in our large Foyers (supported housing) and in our smaller Looked After Children’s Services. We are currently recruiting in:

1. Burgess Hill
2. Crawley
3. Horsham
4. Worthing
5. Guildford
6. Eastbourne
7. Brighton & Hove

YMCA DLG provide accommodation which houses young people aged 16 to 25 and provides specialist support to enable thriving lives. Working in a holistic manner, we adopt a psychologically informed approach to support young people to transition into independent living through a range of one to one and group activity.

Our teams take an asset-based approach to actively encourage young people into education, employment and training. As a service, we provide a safe and welcoming environment for young people, with their aspirations and desires always at the forefront of the support we offer. Overall, we seek to encourage and enable young people to become empowered by providing positive opportunities which allow them to learn and achieve the independent skills they need to live positive and fulfilling lives.

As well as managing their accommodation, we provide intensive housing management, signposting to other agencies and provide group work and activities that enable young people to achieve the skills they need to begin managing life independently.

A good understanding of the support needs and aspirations of young people we work with is desirable.

You will help to keep our properties safe and secure throughout the day and night through different shift patterns (over a 7-day rota) across our services.

Burgess Hill – Looked After Children’s Service: We provide accommodation that is commissioned by West Sussex Council to provide 24-hour support to young people aged 16-18 years old.

Crawley Foyer: 40 bed Project providing supported accommodation for 16 – 25-year old’s the focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.

Horsham Y Centre: The Horsham Y Centre provides housing to 50 young people. The focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.

Worthing Foyer: Supported accommodation for young people aged 16-25. The foyer consists of 27 bedsits, complete with ensuite facilities, separated into 2 to 3-bedroom flats.

The focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.

Guildford: YMCA Guildford Foyer is YMCA Guildford’s supported housing project offering accommodation to 34 young people from Guildford and Surrey. The needs of these young people vary from low to high. However, all young people are treated as individuals and tailored support packages are offered to support them to become fully independent in the future. We support young people to develop socially and personally in order that they may grow in confidence and learn to live more independently in communities in which they feel they can belong, contribute and thrive.

Project Eastbourne, Hailsham and Hastings commissioned services: YMCA DLG supported services provide safe accommodation and opportunities for young people who have been made, or are at risk of becoming, homeless. We offer a holistic support package and actively encourage residents into education, training, employment or voluntary work. Whilst living with us residents will gain many essential life skills and social skills, empowering them to move successfully into semi-independent or fully independent accommodation.
Across our Eastbourne, Hailsham and Hastings projects we house 61 young people across five properties. Three of the properties have staff on hand 24 hours a day, with housing concierge available at night. Two properties are dedicated to our move on options for young people, with visiting support and concierge at night.

Project Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill transitional housing: We provide transitional housing for 165 young people aged 18 to 35, across 29 sites in Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill.
Funded by Homes England under the Empty Homes programme, the scheme enables us to lease empty properties from private landlords and refurbish them to a good standard, to provide affordable and safe accommodation for young people in housing need. Aimed at young people who are not quite ready to live completely independently we manage the lettings and deal with any issues that arise.
We manage a range of properties including studio flats, one to three-bedroom flats and four- and five-bedroom houses. We also manage a nine-bedroom property made up of studio flats and rooms with shared communal facilities.

Brighton & Hove – St Patrick’s: St. Patrick’s provides 29 units of accommodation for single homeless people and rough sleepers in five- and six-bedroom flats with shared kitchen/lounge and bathrooms, and a night shelter accommodating up to 15 people, including a limited number with dogs.  The service provides a 24-hour accommodation-based assessment and support service and operates 365 days a year.  The night shelter part of the service is provided under a sub-contract by the Churches Night Shelter Project.

While there are systems in place to support you, a substantial part of the role includes the ability to lone work. Therefore, we will require someone competent and confident when working alone and somebody who is able to understand and work with complex and challenging behaviour appropriately.

This can be challenging yet very rewarding work that helps young people to belong, contribute, and thrive.

The position comes with excellent training and development opportunities.

As part of our Safer Recruitment guidelines, we only accept applications completed on our application form. Due to Covid-19, we are not accepting paper copies of forms and are currently only accepting application forms submitted by email.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Please note this is a rolling advert and applications are reviewed on a monthly basis.

Interview date: Interviews arranged on a rolling basis.                                                                           

Bright Future Charity is an Organisation that provides Volunteer Befrienders and Care Attendants to Alleviate Loneliness and Care Cover for Principal Carers in Local Communities in the London & Greater London areas, especially the London Borough of Ealing and Brent. 

The Organisation is  looking for experienced Fundraising Administrators,  Freelance or Office based,  Part Time (1 or 2 days a week).

Experience of Online Researching and Writing Grant Application for Funding would be advantageous, but not essential as training will be provided. 

Your main responsibilities will be as follows: 

• To identify and gather information regarding potential Donors

• To build databases of Donors and Sponsors 

• To complete and send out Grants applications

• Plus other duties as required by the Organisation

Key skills and competencies:

• Very good command of English both spoken and written

• Very good report writing skills

• Very good IT and telephone manner

• Experience of writing Grant Applications for Charitable Organisations would be an advantage

• Ability to work to deadlines teamed

Please send us your CV, covering letter to the email address provided