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We are looking for a Community Engagement & Accountability Officer who is responsible for assisting in the implementation of integration activities and projects and ensuring that the needs and opinions of Second Tree community members are used to guide our work.
Your role would include:
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Creating timelines and coordinating plans for community engagement events
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Summarising relevant data collection in reports and project deliverables
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Communicating with community members and building trusting relationships
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Managing the organisation of proposals and other documents created by the CEA team
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Maintaining necessary records, files, reports, databases, and resource materials for the CEA team
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Researching information and gathering data necessary for community reporting
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Working with the wider Second Tree team to ensure that all community engagement events and projects align with organisational and programme strategies
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Supporting the CEA team by ensuring good levels of engagement with the community during activities and projects.
You should be able to:
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Be flexible with changing approaches and processes dependent on adjusting needs and contexts
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Take initiative and show high motivation
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Oversee the delivery of program activities and the completion of vital administrative and logistical tasks
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Be accountable and efficient, making sure that tasks that you take up are completed in the agreed timeframe
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Be honest and transparent, being able to give and receive feedback in the most straightforward way
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Care for people: the interests of the people we work with should always be your first concern
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Prioritise and delegate tasks effectively, ensuring all deadlines are met;
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Manage individuals effectively to create a positive team environment in which shared problem-solving is encouraged
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Communicate in English, both written and orally
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Learn quickly, and manage a wide-ranging and intense workload
The ideal candidate will have:
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Experience in integrating meaningful community participation premised on thorough needs assessments
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Experience in maintaining and monitoring effective feedback mechanisms
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Experience in integrating community perspectives into planning, evaluation, and reporting of community engagement projects and events
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Training in facilitating focus groups and interviews;
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Knowledge of European projects and deliverables
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Familiarity with project management
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Proficiency in excel and quantitative data collection
What do we offer?
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A nurturing and collaborative working environment. We work hard to help our team members grow, investing in personal and professional development.
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Accommodation in a shared house
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Transportation to/from work
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After completion of a three-month trial, if you commit long-term, a small monthly expenses refund
In certain periods of the year, demand is extremely high, and the shared houses might be full. If you have the means to pay for your own accommodation, please let us know. We would still be happy to host you if space is available. However, in a situation where the shared houses are full, this would allow us to offer an opportunity to someone that cannot afford to pay rent.
Looking for an internship?
If, because of your degree or for any other reason, you would like to have your period at Second Tree credited as an internship, just apply to the vacancy that you’re interested in and mention this. We have agreements with several universities across Europe, and in many other cases, these agreements can be developed on an ad hoc basis.
Non Charity Employer
11 - 20
We challenge the biases that make us see refugees as “the other”. We change the way society perceives refugees, and refugees perceive society.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Individually and as part of the Trustee team to be the ‘guardians of charitable purpose’, making sure that all Board and Committee decisions put the needs of the beneficiaries first; safeguard the charity’s assets – both physical assets, including property, and intangible ones, such as its reputation ensuring these assets are used well, and in ensuring that the charity is run sustainably.
To act reasonably and prudently in all matters relating to the charity and always bear the interests of The Hospice of St Francis in mind.
In certain circumstances, provide high-level entry to other organisations and institutions to which the charity might not otherwise have access, to further the interests of the beneficiaries of the charity
Individually and as part of the Trustee team to be the ‘guardians of charitable purpose’, making sure that all Board and Committee decisions put the needs of the beneficiaries first; safeguard the charity’s assets – both physical assets, including property, and intangible ones, such as its reputation ensuring these assets are used well, and in ensuring that the charity is run sustainably.
To act reasonably and prudently in all matters relating to the charity and always bear the interests of The Hospice of St Francis in mind.
In certain circumstances, provide high-level entry to other organisations and institutions to which the charity might not otherwise have access, to further the interests of the beneficiaries of the charity
Main duties and Responsibilities:
· Set and maintain vision, mission and values
· Develop strategy, set overall policy, define strategic objectives and evaluating performance against agreed targets
· Assure continuous compliance with the legal and regulatory standards governing the operation of the charity, the charity governing document and any other relevant legislation, updating the articles of association as required.
· Assure proper financial control and ensure the application of resources is exclusively in pursuance of the charitable objects i.e. the charity must not spend money on activities that are not included in its objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those activities are
· Assure the effective and efficient administration of the charity including funding, insurance and premises
· Assure that The Hospice of St Francis pursues its objects as defined in its governing document (e.g. the promotion of any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the district of providing palliative care at the Hospice, at patients home, in our Spring Centre and in the community, and in particular the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of distress and sickness)
· Assure employment procedures and policy and procedures for volunteering are compliant with legislation and regulation, subject to regular review and support the fulfilment of strategic objectives
· Assure risk assessments for all aspects of the business are carried out including accurate and timely reporting using the format of risk registers
· To contribute to, assure and maintain effective performance of the Board and Committees, including systems and processes for external assessment of these arrangements
· Support the CEO and Executive Team to fulfil their delegated responsibilities and hold them to account for delivery of strategic objectives
· To attend Board meetings quarterly, up to two Board awaydays annually and serve as a member of up to two Committees.
· Operate as a member of the Board of Trustees
· Able to be registered as a Directors of the Charity at Companies House, sharing ultimate responsibility for governing the charity and directing how it is managed and run.
· Act as an ambassador supporting the work of the Hospice in generating income and in its relationship with the communities served.
Term of Office
Appointments are made on an initial 4 year term, with annual appraisal, with the option to serve a second term.
Where a Trustee has completed two terms and is selected as Chair of the Board of Trustees, or asked to undertake specific project work their term of office will be reset by People Governance Committee and ratified at the AGM.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The Hospice of St Francis helps local people and their families, in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to live their precious lives well.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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NFYFC is seeking a trustee with strong finance experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector to join its Board and support delivery of our five-year strategy.
This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on support. Following a sustained operating deficit since the Covid period, NFYFC is focused on strengthening financial sustainability, improving financial discipline, and building long-term resilience. We are looking for a trustee who is willing to roll up their sleeves, work constructively with the Executive team, and help guide the organisation through this recovery phase.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.