We are looking for a creative and driven Community Development Worker to support community groups and services in the South East of Lewisham. You will be working closely with a Community Facilitator who supports vulnerable adults to access community groups and services in your area. Your role will be to build the capacity of the community and voluntary sectors to respond effectively to the needs of their local community.

You will be working as an integral part of the multidisciplinary Neighbourhood Health and Social Care Teams, bringing community development expertise to the table and acting as a bridge between statutory services and the local community.

Community Connections strives to create an open and participative working environment. We work to our core values of being supportive, professional and person centred. These are reflected in the way we work with the people we support, with each other and with our partners. Teamwork, collective responsibility, and delegated authority are central to this process. A key element of all roles is to develop and maintain the organisation’s working ethos and culture.

The successful candidate will have experience and a good working knowledge of community development work with a wide range of agencies working across different sectors.You will be diplomatic and approachable with the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships across a variety of organisations and with highly developed written and verbal communication, presentation and negotiating skills.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker, strong at multi tasking and passionate about supporting isolated people we want to hear from you.

Please note that this contract is 6 months with possibility of extension.

For full details please download our Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Personal Specification. To apply, please ensure you complete the attached Application Form as well as the Equal Opportunities and Criminal Declaration forms.

Closing date for applications – 12:00 pm Monday 2nd December

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 10th December

Cara Syria Programme in the Region

‘Investing in Syria’s Intellectual Capital: Creating Pathways to the Future’

Post Syria Programme Senior Officer

Purpose To provide support to Syria Programme activities, including finances, events logistics, core database, online portal

Experience Masters or equivalent experience with a minimum of 1-year experience of supporting an international project of similar scale and complexity and overseeing a small project team.

Start Date 6 January 2020

Duration 12 months - with the possibility of an extension subject to funding

Salary £28,000 - £32,000 (depending on experience)

Reporting to Cara Middle-East Adviser

Website www.cara.ngo

Application Deadline 29 November 2019

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Organisation Background

The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge[1], to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety.  Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper.  A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff.

Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for over 80 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Yemen, Iran and Syria.  Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.

Cara’s Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’

‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’

Cara Syria Programme in Region

Launched in October 2016, the Cara Syria Programme in Region is now in its third year (Phase 3), working predominantly with Syrian academics in exile in Turkey where the greatest number have sought refuge.  Cara has over 400 Syrian academics registered on the Syria Programme database, of whom over 100 are actively engaged in one of more of the Syria Programme Strands (activities).

Syria Programme Aim ‘To nurture and enable future opportunities for Syrian academics by facilitating professional connection and collaboration and continued academic development and contribution whilst in exile, as a group that is vital to the future of Syria.’

Phase 3, an 18-month period, began on 1 April 2019 and consists of six strands:

• Strand 1: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) a blended-learning activity combines weekly one-to-one online EAP sessions with monthly workshops in Istanbul.  Following a pilot in Phase 2, weekly group face-to-face sessions will be introduced in three geographical locations where clusters of participants exist.

• Strand 2: Academic Development (AD), another blended-learning activity, combines online webinars and courses, with workshops in Istanbul.  A more comprehensive online programme will be developed over Phase 3.

• Strand 3: Research Incubation Visits (RIVs) 2- to 8-week visits by Syrian participants to discipline-relevant UK university departments to allow networking, training and the development of a collaborative research project with academics from the hosting department, enabling longer-term institutional affiliation, online resource access and collaboration.

• Strand 4: Cara-Commissioned Research (CCR) facilitates research collaborations that offer action-learning opportunities.  In Phase 1, a Cara-commissioned study, led by Cambridge University faculty working with nineteen Syrian academics in exile, captured the state of HE across Syria both pre and post 2011.  In Phase 2, building on Phase 1, 26 Syrian academics in exile, under the guidance of an Institute of Development Studies faculty member, has undertaken 5 thematic studies, looking at the role of HE in addressing societal challenges in Syria.  In Phase 3, Strand 4 will continue to facilitate ongoing academic engagement by academics in exile on Syria-related topics.  Research outputs aim to inform policy makers and planners amongst key responders to the Syria crisis.

• Strand 5: Syria Research Fellowship Scheme (SRFS), provides funding to support research on Syria or Syrian populations in exile, with grants ranging between £3K and £15K.  Small grant research is led by Syrian academics in exile and larger grants support research collaborations between Syrian academics in exile and colleagues from the wider regional and international academic communities.

• Strand 6: Arts & Humanities (A&H) combines existing Syria Programme activities, dedicated to Syrian colleagues in exile whose disciplines sit within the Arts & Humanities.

Online elements of the Programme are supported by a dedicated online Portal and allied Moodle site.

The Programme relies extensively on volunteer support for all of its Strands, with over 200 discipline and EAP experts delivering weekly online one-to-one EAP sessions, weekly E-learn Soiree Series, as well as supporting research and facilitating workshops in Istanbul.

Governance The development and implementation of Strands 1 and 2 are overseen by their respective Steering Groups comprising experts from Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kent, Middlesex, Queen Mary’s, Reading, Sheffield and South Wales universities, also on a volunteer basis.  The overall Programme is overseen by the Cara Syria Programme Steering Committee comprising the Cara Chair, Honorary Secretary, Executive Director, and a Cara Trustee and board member.

Syria Programme Staffing The staff of the Cara Regional Syria Programme currently consists of two Syria Programme Administrators and two Administrative Assistants, overseen by Kate Robertson, Cara Middle East Adviser, who leads the overall Programme.  The successful candidate will be a Cara member of staff but will work, with the other Programme staff, from the Middle East Adviser’s home in south-east London.

Person Specification and Responsibilities

1.  Qualification or Experience

•   Master’s degree or equivalent experience in the workplace

•   Experience of supporting an international project of similar scale and complexity (1 year minimum)

• Experience of overseeing/guiding a small project team

I. Essential

• Fluent English – spoken and written
• Experience of Microsoft Excel for book-keeping, data capture and analysis purposes
• Excellent/proven oversight, time-management and organisational skills
• Experience of databases.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident, sensitive communication skills
• Excellent/proven writing skills
• Good team player
• Ability to work independently to deadlines
• Understanding of issues of confidentiality
• Dynamic and flexible working manner
• Ability to accept and use feedback
• Entitlement to work in the United Kingdom without any additional approvals

II. Desirable

• Arabic and/or Turkish language skills
• Experience of website development and maintenance
• Experience of online software, e.g. WordPress, Salesforce, Moodle, Articulate 360
• Knowledge of the Middle East and Syria in particular
• Experience of working in the humanitarian NGO or education sector, or similar

2.  Responsibilities

As Senior Programme Officer, to support the Cara Middle East Adviser in both strategic thinking and development relating to the Syria Programme and day-to-day management tasks, including:

• Oversight of the four-member Syria Programme team
• Communication with partners, including funders
• Identifying new partners and opportunities
• Writing reports, e.g. for the Cara Syria Programme Steering Committee, Cara Finance & General Purpose Committee, Cara Council, and interim financial/ narrative reports to funders etc
• Data Analysis
• Newsletters
• Fundraising and proposal writing
• Programme scheduling and logistics

The Senior Programme Officer will, in particular, have a key role to play in the coordination of Strand 6 ‘Arts & Humanities activities’ and in monitoring and identifying potential synergies and opportunities for collaboration between the Syria Programme and the Cara core Fellowship Programme.

3.  Undertakings

The Senior Programme Officer will receive a contract, appropriate support and relevant training and supervision, an annual salary of between £28,000 and £32,000 based on experience, and a pension contribution of 8% of salary following completion of the probationary period.

The Senior Programme Office will in turn be expected to adhere to Cara’s policies and practices on confidentiality, equal opportunities and health and safety, and to wear appropriate dress.  

Working hours will be 9am to 5pm unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Annual leave is 25 days a year, plus public holidays.

4.  Time Commitment

The post will be for a minimum of twelve months, five days a week, preferably to start on 6 January 2020.  The jobholder will be subject to a three-month Probationary period, to run from the contract start date.

5.  Application

Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the post, with particular reference to the ‘Person Specification and Responsibilities’ set out above.Submissions without a covering letter will not be considered.

Please include contact details for three suitable referees, ideally individuals for whom you have previously worked. These will only be taken up with your prior permission.  

Please include ‘Senior Programme Officer’ in the subject line of your electronic submission.

Application Deadline 29 November 2019

We anticipate that interviews will be held in central London on 6 December 2019

[1] Lord William Beveridge was Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 to 1937

Head of Service - Permanent. Full time / part-time (28 – 35 hours ) Flexible working negotiable. 

Come and lead the growth and development of our service. Reach connects people who want to volunteer their professional skills with charities that need those skills. Every year our online service matches a growing number of charities with trustees and skills-based volunteers. This is an interesting and wide ranging role, managing an innovative and successful service with plenty of potential to extend and deepen its impact. 

Reach Volunteering  

Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK and the single biggest source of trustees. We help charities to strengthen their governance by broadening the range of experience on their board. We support them to increase their operational capacity and capability by drawing in specialist expertise on a voluntary basis. Since we took our service online in 2015, we have doubled our impact. Last year over 1,300 trustees and volunteers were appointed through our service, and this year we expect to exceed 1,700. We use a service design approach to improve our service and we pride ourselves on being a ‘user-centred’ organisation. 

The role  

The head of service role is a new position. It will bring focus, structure and momentum to our service and add strategic capacity to our team.

You will have overall responsibility for the management of the service, including the staff and volunteer service team. You will be responsible for all (non digital) aspects of delivery, such as managing the staff and volunteer service team, refining policies and procedures, and collecting and analysing performance and outcome data. You will develop and oversee partnerships that increase our engagement with charities and volunteers, or generate income, or both.  

We have a very collaborative culture. You will be working closely with the CEO to agree priorities, with the head of digital, who leads the service design process, and with the head of marketing and communications. You will lead on, or contribute to, specific projects, for example, a programme to increase regional take-up, or a design-led research project on skills-based volunteering.  

You will deputise for the CEO, represent Reach at external events and contribute to thought leadership on skills-based volunteering and trustee recruitment.  

Who we are looking for  

We are looking for someone with the following experience, skills and knowledge.

• Service management: proven track record in managing a service successfully, including managing a team, setting and meeting targets and developing policies and procedures.
• Partnerships: experience in developing and managing strategic partnerships with a range of organisations. 
• Strategic thinking: ability not just to see the big picture, but to join the dots between pictures – to see how links can be made to continuously build success and achievement for Reach, our service users and the wider sector.
• Analytical: Ability to analyse complex data, and draw on your analysis, and insights from our user research, to inform decision making and guide continuous improvement of our service.
• Learning: appetite to learn new skills and ways of working, with enthusiasm to get stuck in at both strategic and nitty-gritty implementation levels.
• Collaboration: deeply collaborative and collegiate in approach, respecting contributions of staff and volunteers, and partners.
• Charity sector experience: an understanding of the needs of the non-profit/charity sector.

Why join Reach 

• We have a collaborative, friendly and supportive culture. You will be encouraged and supported to take risks and to learn and develop, and you will enjoy plenty of autonomy.  
• You will be able to draw on the expertise and enthusiasm of a team that has embedded service design approaches, and be supported by an organisation that has a user-centred mindset. There is a lot of potential to widen and deepen our impact, so you will be able to make a big difference to our organisation and to the charity sector as a whole.  
• You will be joining a small, but well-respected, national charity working at sector level to address key issues such as trustee recruitment, board diversity and organisational capability. This is an opportunity to genuinely influence and shape the future of the sector by supporting key volunteering and governance infrastructure. 
• We can offer flexible working. This role is offered at 28 – 36 hours. Other options for flexible working are negotiable.  
• Other benefits include 26 days annual leave, plus three bonus days at Christmas (plus Bank Holidays); up to six days volunteering leave per annum and pension contributions at 5 per cent.

How to apply 

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact Aman (details on our website) to arrange a phone call with Janet, our CEO.  

We are keen to make our recruitment process as fair as possible, and to reduce bias. We will be shortlisting based on your response to three questions using ‘blinding’ and ‘chunking’ processes, so please make sure that each of your responses to the questions below stands on its own merits and does not rely on information from your other responses.  

Deadline for applications:  9 am, 2 December 
First stage interviews:        9 and 10 December 
Second stage interviews:   16 December 

Please apply via our website

Girlguiding’s Volunteer Development Team is looking for a proactive team assistant to play a key part in the delivery of learning and development to our volunteers.

This is an exciting time to join our friendly and supportive team. The team assistant will play a central role in the planning and delivery of an ambitious learning and development framework that will help us achieve our strategic objectives.  Based in London, the role will focus on administration of the diverse learning and development activities of our trainers and volunteers. There will also be opportunities to develop project coordination skills as we deliver new pieces of work.

The post holder will have experience of setting up and running administrative processes whilst being flexible enough to find solutions to day to day challenges. They will be able to build effective working relationships across Girlguiding using their excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will prioritise and manage their workload effectively.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change – improving attitudes towards mental health. While Girlguiding’s young members may be girl only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or mental), gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and  sexual orientation.

Circa £34,500 inclusive of car allowance per annum + excellent benefits

12 months maternity cover contract

Interviews: Thursday 28th November 2019, further dates to be confirmed

Interview process: Face to face interview to include a short presentation

Closing Date: 24th November 2019, 23:55pm

Location: Regionally-based role covering Southern England, Western Counties, Wales and Northern Ireland with training and regional meetings being held in the Bristol area. The post-holder must be located within these areas for accessibility to the patch and ability to travel)

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with experience of Learning and Development that can help us beat cancer sooner?

We're looking for a brilliant Regional L&D professional to join us and...

• Provide practical and advisory support to the South England Retail Regions, forming close working relationships with the Regional Operations Manager (ROM) and their team, using local knowledge to inform and influence Learning and Development (L&D) activity and strategy.
• Lead projects and support regional, national and strategic initiatives in line with operational plans and cultural priorities within agreed budgets.
• Champion and foster a learning and development culture within the Region, ensuring that individuals and teams understand their role in supporting and promoting learning and development

At Cancer Research UK, we work to inspire volunteers, unite the scientific community, educate the public about cancer prevention and tell our story to the government to bring about change. Every day we achieve extraordinary things by being innovative, imaginative and bold in our work.

You will continue to champion and foster a learning and development culture within the Region, ensuring that individuals and teams understand their role in supporting and promoting learning and development.

Join our collective force and help us lead the way through...

• Developing effective working relationships with the Regional team: coaching and advising AMs how to identify learning needs and effectively deliver training interventions to their teams
• Providing ROM and AMs with the necessary tools and supporting them to confidently and competently cascade training and development programmes to their teams
• Researching, designing and piloting new learning and development initiatives, conducting full evaluation and preparing for roll-out via specialist trainers or field teams

In this role, you'll be accountable for the design, delivery and evaluation of all learning and development interventions within their Region and will provide summary reports to measure impact and use learning to continuously improve L&D products across the charity.

Our optimism and desire for success leads us to constantly challenge ourselves and others, which means you'll be encouraged to stretch both yourself and others in our dynamic environment.

To be considered for this role, you'll have significant L&D experience, ideally within a multi-site retail environment in a field-based role and will have delivered a number of complex projects from research to implementation to evaluation. We're looking for someone who has the ability to inspire and influence field-based customer-facing teams, with a creative flair that helps to drive innovative L&D solutions.

If this describes you, you can enjoy a great career with us as, together, we bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

For the full role profile and more information about CRUK, please click here:

We’re looking for an engaging, enthusiastic and well organised individual to join our Scotland Volunteering and Community team.

Position: Volunteering and Community Officer

Location: North Scotland, Grampian and Tayside (homebased working across the service area) 

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary: Circa £13,800 per annum

Contract: Fixed term 12 months’ maternity cover

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, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Cycle2Work scheme, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 29 November 2019

Interview Date: 9 December 2019

The Role

Reporting to the Volunteering and Community Manager for Scotland, the Volunteering and Community Officer

will lead a group of volunteers and the peer support activity for people affected by stroke within the Grampian and Tayside area. 

About You

The Volunteering and Community Officer will:

• Have strong networking and relationship management skills to enable you to proactively build connections and opportunities across your area. 
• Have a track record of working with volunteers and an understanding of the impact of stroke in someone’s life. 
• Have excellent communication skills.

There is also a requirement to work flexibly and travel across Grampian and Tayside to fulfil the role. You must be able to work on your own initiative as well as being part of a team. This role is home based, please see the homeworking agreement for full details.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke. 

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

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Officer, Volunteering Officer, Community and Volunteering, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Management. 

St Marylebone has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to proceed with our exciting Changing Lives community project. 

This project, as well undertaking essential fabric repairs and upgrading, will also involve the delivery of a substantial and creative heritage programme involving local communities, businesses and stakeholders.

It will showcase and share the story of St Marylebone and the larger Marylebone area north of Oxford Street, with art, music, cinema, multi-media, heritage craft skills, cookery and much more by using a thematic prism of ‘The People of St Marylebone’, ‘The Place of St Marylebone’ and ‘The role of the Church in St Marylebone’. Key partners include the Church Army, and the Building Crafts College.

The role of the Heritage, Learning & Communications Facilitator will be a key role in delivering the project aims which include:

• Creating a catalytic community ‘buzz’ through delivering programmes built on the area’s unparalleled millennium of heritage, attracting new audiences and connecting Marylebone’s contrasting, disparate and increasingly divergent communities in meaningful interactions and shared experiences.
• Delivering exciting, innovative and surprising reinventions of archive material, co-created with community partners to illuminate our interpretation themes through the Activity Plan;
• Introducing the people’s musical folk tradition of St Marylebone alongside a strong live music legacy of Church and conservatoire.
• Establishing an on-the-job craft training programme with the Building Crafts College.
• Offering opportunities into employment through archive interpretation and venue management training placements

The key project aims and objectives are:

• A new Welsh slate roof covering with lead gutters/flat roofs, with repaired Georgian timber structure and new roof insulation
• Urgent repairs to historic fabric including rainwater goods and stonework, ensuring safety and water- tightness of the building.
• To restore, conserve, and catalogue significant artefacts, artworks, records, glass, plasterwork and furnishings
• Underpinning the long-term sustainability of the parish church with Crypt Hall improvements and new East/West corridor access, securing income-generating capacity.
• Providing St Marylebone Parish Church with the facilities its needs to function as Marylebone’s foremost historic public space for the whole community by delivering the following:
  - accessibility adaptations to the historic building where capital development works are planned;
  - refurbishing existing crypt space to provide facilities for exhibitions, seminars, workshops, lectures, music;
  - providing space for pop-up catering-based events in order to support entrepreneurship and homeless women into self-supporting lives, hosting regular heritage inspired events.
• Creating a catalytic community ‘buzz’ through delivering programmes built on the area’s unparalleled millennium of heritage, attracting new audiences and connecting Marylebone’s contrasting, disparate and increasingly divergent communities in meaningful interactions and shared experiences.
• Delivering exciting, innovative and surprising reinventions of archive material, co-created with community partners to illuminate our interpretation themes through the Activity Plan;
• Introducing the people’s musical folk tradition of St Marylebone alongside a strong live music legacy of Church and conservatoire.
• Establishing an on-the-job craft training programme with the Building Crafts College.
• Offering opportunities into employment through archive interpretation and venue management training placements.

1.  Project and Task Description

The St Marylebone PCC has recently been awarded £2.95m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the church as a heritage and cultural venue. The Heritage, Learning and Communications Facilitator (HL&CF) will be a proactive role, working with us to help our audiences to interpret St Marylebone’s history, learn about our role in the shaping of the area, and develop new skills and confidence to realise our vision to Change Lives. The H&LC will work closely alongside and be supported by:

• Key members of the well-established parish staff team (Project & Activities Manager, Rector, Operations Director, Development Director).
• Members of the active parish community (Parish Church Council (PCC), Project Advisory Group and congregation).
• Project partners as set out in the Heritage Fund Round 2 Bid both internal and external
• Consultant team members appointed to deliver the capital repair and adaptation elements of the bid proposals, and other project staff appointed to deliver the activity and interpretation plan.

The HL&CF role will report to the Project & Activities Manager in the Operations team, during the capital works programme and in the first year of opening in 2022.  The HL&CF will deliver key parts of the Activity Plan and its supporting Interpretation Plan, specifically the parts that aim to engage our target audiences of those living and working locally and visitors; young people aged 16-24; older people aged over 65 and growing local communities. This will be through a series of interpretation projects developed in tandem with audience groups that will be incorporated within the church spaces, structured skills development placements, digital storytelling, formal and informal learning activities, walks and talks, tours, and trails.  The HL&CF will also be expected to contribute to development of programming of performance, song, music, spoken word and food activities that have a heritage focus along with promoting and publishing the project through a number of different channels.

The HC&LF will act as advocate for heritage interpretation and learning during the delivery of the capital works and the first year of opening liaising with:

• The Visitor and Volunteer Coordinator, responsible for other elements of the Activity Plan from December 2021
• The consultant Project Director, co-ordinating the work proposals, and through this key
• members of the consultant team (Architect & Design Team including interpretation designers and evaluation consultant). For example, working with the interpretation designers to integrate the design and copywriting of co-created interpretation elements with the rest of the interpretative scheme and formative and summative evaluation with the evaluation consultant
• Project partners identified in the Heritage Fund Round 2 bid.
• The parish church community at St Marylebone.
• The wider local community of Marylebone.

2. Key Tasks

• Delivery of the co-creation elements of the Activity Plan and its supporting Interpretation Plan in partnership with the freelance creative designers, target audiences, partners, local community groups, volunteers, and the parish church community itself including St Marylebone in 100 objects.
• Complete the volunteer research phase and investigation of sources begun in the Development Phase to ensure the planned co-creation elements can be based on high quality understanding of evidence.
• Resolve any practical and logistical issues in delivering the co-creation elements of the interpretation plan during the capital works programme.
• Detail and deliver the formal learning activities to be delivered for schools, HE and FE sector, and the informal learning programme for adults and families and within the parish church’s spaces and off-site once the capital project is complete, detailing and developing a programme of performance, song, music, spoken word and food-related activities with a heritage focus.
• Train staff and volunteers in heritage interpretation, learning and skills-development.
• Work with target audiences and heritage organisations to create content for a series of local talks, walks, guided tours, digital stories, leaflets, trails and quizzes.
• Work with the appointed website designers, freelance copywriters and script editors to develop multi-platform heritage content.
• Develop a Marketing and Communications strategy identifying key project milestones and messages to promote events.
• Publicise St Marylebone, especially Changing Lives to the locality and beyond. This will include the annual St Marylebone Festival, a key component in the Changing Lives heritage outcomes strategy.
• Keep the Changing Lives portal of the St Marylebone website Social Media (incl. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), fresh, engaging and up-to-date.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the media (incl. online contacts) for PR and marketing purposes.
• Ensure regular updating of ‘What’s On’ listings, e.g. BachTrack, local journals, etc..
• Use the Harlequin database effectively to deliver regular project and event mailings.
• Add to the central Changing Lives data base of images with all appropriate permissions that are readily available for print, web content, and social media.
• Develop strong and creative relationships with other heritage and arts ‘attractions’ across the City of Westminster, Greater London and the wider region maximising potential partnerships.
• Undertake any additional delegated tasks and responsibilities from the Project and Activity Manager and Rector where appropriate. 

Full-time (35 hours a week, although four days per week will be considered), fixed term maternity cover contract

We are Parentkind, a leading charity that supports and champions all the ways parents can participate in education. We are also the leading membership organisation for parent teacher associations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are looking for a Learning and Development Coordinator to join our Head Office team in Tonbridge, Kent.

Who you are: You are a learning and development professional with experience of delivering an external training function. You will have a proven track record in designing, creating and implementing training programmes as well as significant experience of identifying training needs for defined audiences and will be able to recognise where changes and improvements need to be made. You will be passionate about the charity sector and be a strong communicator as well as possessing the ability to work on your own initiative, prioritise workload and excel in a fast-paced, progressive organisation.

The role: Reporting into the Development Manager, you will be responsible for creating a blended external training programme to support our beneficiaries, schools, parents and PTAs and other defined audiences including Multi Academy Trusts and local authorities across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You will ensure that our training needs are delivered on time and on budget, using the latest industry trends, responding to beneficiary demands and ensuring that each course is engaging which in turn generates not just revenue but a measurable outcome in enhancing the knowledge and skills on parental participation in education.

Responsibilities will include:

• Creating and implementing an external annual training plan and schedule that make the best use of available resources in line with our strategic objectives.
• Conducting training analysis to address our audience needs and develop our training programme.
• Identifying and developing relationships with organisations to provide bespoke or customised parental engagement training.
• Identifying and implementing recommendations for improvement in our training courses.
• Managing training budgets and revenue targets.
• Administering our external training programme including a variety of venues and courses.
• Creating, reviewing and organising training materials, manuals and resources.
• Supporting our network of trainers with training methods, resources and skills.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of our training and trainers.
• Working with the Development Manager to implement a training growth strategy.

If you share our passion to support parents in their role in their children’s education and feel you have the right qualities to make a difference, then we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button to download a job pack and application form.

Closing date: 3.00pm on Friday, 22nd November 2019. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider any applications which are received after the deadline.

First interviews: Tuesday, 3rd December 2019.
Second interviews: Monday, 16th December 2019.

Trafford Carers Centre is the leading provider of Carer support services in Trafford. We have been supporting carers since 2004, we run a rich mix of advice and therapeutic support.  We are an all age service, supporting Young Carers right the way through to carers in their nineties and beyond. 

As a well-known charity in the Borough of Trafford, we are supported by a large selection of volunteers that come from all walks of life, bringing their rich experience to enhance how we deliver our services.  Following a strategic review, the CEO and Trustees wish to invest, in a Volunteer Coordinator, to drive forward a three year initial development plan and beyond, to make Trafford Carers Centre a wonderful place to give your time too. 

The role will coordinate volunteer support and recruitment, alongside the development of specific Volunteer Programmes in the coming years:

• Befriending project
• Young Carers Sessional Volunteers
• Charity Shop Volunteers
• Therapists 

If you are passionate about Volunteer support, and have experience of coordinating support, and volunteer development then, we want to hear from you. 

Talkback is a charity and is known as one of Bucks and West Berks leading providers to people with needs.

Are you a person with a passion to help people? If so, would you like to work alongside like-minded, committed colleagues who enable people with a learning disability to increase their self-esteem, have more say, and control over their lives? Talkback has been working with people with a learning disability since 1998, aiming to achieve choice, opportunity and respect. Talkback is user led and knows what life is like when you have a learning disability.

We are currently recruiting for:

Learning Disability Project Workers - £18000 - £19200 p.a. (pro rata for part time roles)

Both full and part time roles available (minimum of 3 days/week)

No shift work or evening/weekend work

Within Talkback, the Nclude Me project was established 8 years ago and provides support and life skills training to people with a learning disability and/or autism, enabling them to speak out and make their own choices. The Project is expanding and we have a Learning Disability Project Worker vacancy to deliver a range of services to promote and encourage independent living and lifelong learning. Current projects include gardening and allotment groups, social and life skills training, men’s and women’s groups, a drama group which puts on regular shows, an upcycling and woodwork project and a creative arts group.

You will work across Buckinghamshire at both our High Wycombe and Aylesbury buildings, plus out in the community. You will work alongside people with a learning disability to meet their individual needs to achieve positive outcomes.

To succeed you will be able to work both as part of a team and independently and have a 'can do' attitude. As part of the role as an Nclude Me Learning Disability Project Worker, you will deliver a range of services for people with a learning disability. You will need to have good communication skills and an understanding of both self-advocacy and inclusion. We can teach you all you need to know, you just need to have the passion and care.

You will have the opportunity to help someone develop and grow as a person whilst making a difference that will live with you forever. And, as one of our team said ‘Working with people with a learning disability is the most rewarding and fulfilling role’

Closing date:     Thursday 12th December

Interview dates: November and December 

A fantastic opportunity for someone enthusiastic, motivated and organised to join the Education & Learning Teamat one of the UK’s leading interfaith organisations.

The Faith & Belief Forum runs education, engagement and action programmes that bring diverse communities together. In schools, universities and community spaces we break down barriers and find ways for people to work together to improve society.  We believe that young people should feel confident communicating and collaborating with anybody, regardless of their faith, belief, culture or background.

Our Education & Learning Team works with over 100 schools nationally through award-winning workshops, school linking and other creative youth projects. This is an exciting opportunity to play a hands-on role delivering across all areas of our Education & Learning programmes. Through working with schools and training teachers on our School Linking programme, facilitating workshops and supporting volunteers to share stories about their faith identity, and creating safe spaces for young people to talk about the issues they care about, you will be making a real impact.

This role involves:

• Building and maintaining relationships with educators, teachers and parents.
• Planning, developing and delivering a range of training and workshop opportunities for young people, teachers and volunteers.
• Supporting the development of online resources which enable us to share our expertise and methodologies with education professionals.
• Observing link events between schools with young people from different faiths and beliefs.
• Advocating for our Education & Learning offer to a wide range of stakeholders.

 To do this you will need to:

• Be passionate about working with and inspiring young people.
• Be an effective verbal and written communicator.
• Have experience planning, developing and delivering workshops or trainings.
• Enjoy working with others to build successful partnerships when working together on projects.
• Bring experience of formal or informal education.

You’ll be joining an organisation that aims to embody the inclusive and welcoming values we want to see in wider society. We pride ourselves on our collaborative working environment, where your passion and dedication will be rewarded through a flexible benefits packageand ongoing support. At our most recent staff survey, 100% of our team enjoy the work they do and would recommend the Faith & Belief Forum as an employer.

If you feel this role is for you, please visit our website to download a job description and person specification, and for information on how to apply.

The deadline to apply is Monday 2 December at 9am. If shortlisted, you will be invited to attend an interview w/c 9 December at our office in Kentish Town. We are looking for someone available to start this role ASAP.

We believe in order to effectively serve our beneficiaries; our work must be influenced by a broad range of voices. Therefore, we actively encourage applications from people who are currently underrepresented in our staff team. This would include BAME candidates and those who identify as Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain. We celebrate difference and are committed to creating a working environment where everyone is included.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from individuals without the right to work in the UK. 

We are looking to appoint a Youth and Development Coordinator that is excited by the idea of working with the community at a grass roots level – and who has the skills and expertise to help them achieve transformational change. 

Applicants must be dynamic and creative and will be required to engage and support local people in an effective and collaborative way. The role will include:

• Delivering a broad range of activities with young people who access the Centre.

• Supporting local residents to establish activity groups and support them to self-govern in a financially sustainable manner.

• Empowering the local community and ensuring their needs are at the heart of the Centre's work.

  This role requires a clear DBS check.

  MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Youth Development

  To deliver a range of activities to different groups of young people supporting their personal development, health and wellbeing and inclusion within the local community.

• To lead on all aspects of youth work on site including the planning, development and delivery of activity with young people

• To ensure adequate processes are in place with activity groups in relation to Safeguarding and Health and Safety

• To link to wider partners delivering youth activities on Grange Park to ensure that services support each other and maximise impact

2. Engaging Local People

To develop a programme of outreach activities that engage the local community in the development and delivery of @TheGrange.

1. To provide a pivotal co-ordination role for the local community residents, to build trust between the centre and its local population

2. Seek and understand local stakeholder needs and provide a balanced usage plan for the centre

3. To work with all stakeholders to deliver a viable and sustainable activities plan for the centre

4. Utilise all forms of media to promote the centre locally, to include social media, website, photography and promotional materials

   3. Empowering Local People

   To support local residents to take an active role in delivering services form @TheGrange and take a lead on managing groups on site.

5. To lead the development of an active Friends of Group ensuring the voice of the local community is embedded in the heart of activities delivered from @TheGrange

6. To undertake consultation work with local people and partner organisations to identify issues and potential solutions, ascertain options and drive forward a consensus

7. To deliver activities that are identified as having benefit for the community including large scale public events

8. To support local residents to set up their own groups and implement procedures to ensure they can self-govern and work in a safe and sustainable manner

9. To assist with recruitment and support of volunteers in the delivery of projects

   . Any other reasonable duties as required by the Trust, by funders or by the line manager.

   ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

10. Investors in People - Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside is committed to maintaining its Investor in People (IIP) status and you are expected to support the ongoing development of IIP.

11. Health & Safety - All staff and volunteers have responsibility for ensuring that their working environment is healthy and safe and that staff and volunteers for whom they are responsible for, or working with, are not placed at risk.  All staff and volunteers will be expected to familiarise themselves with and adhere to the current Health & Safety Policy.

12. < >qual Opportunities & Diversity - Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside strives to be an equal opportunities employer and operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  It also recognises the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and welcomes this.

    Data Protection - Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside endeavours to comply with the Data Protection Act 2018.  It may be necessary to disclose personal data to funding bodies - where a role is funded externally - in order to comply with their funding requirements.  If this applies to you we will inform you about what information is shared.

13. Personal Development - All staff and volunteers will be expected to participate in a broad range of personal development activities in line with best practice and take responsibility for identifying own learning needs in order to fulfil the requirements of the role and support career progression.

    Corporate Training - All staff and volunteers will be expected to attend and fully participate in the Trust’s Corporate Training Programme.

14. PLEASE REQUEST AFULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION.

Volunteering Manager 
Birmingham, West Midlands 
£29,484 - £34,894 pro rata

7 Month Fixed-Term Contract

We are looking for an experienced Volunteering Manager to join our friendly and dynamic Volunteering team. Supporting a range of volunteer programmes across the UK, you will work with different teams to develop and deliver new and existing volunteer programmes at a time of growth and change for the organisation.

Your role is essential in ensuring we get the right people to volunteer for us and they are safe to volunteer with children, young people and their families. This includes line managing staff and matrix managing project teams to safely recruit, train and remotely support volunteers on a range of events and activities. As a member of the volunteering management team, you will be allocated lead responsibilities, and ensure team processes are maintained and updated to continually improve the delivery of our programmes.

The successful applicant will be an excellent manager who is committed to delivering a high-quality service that meets the needs of a range of stakeholders. We want an exceptional communicator with the ability to quickly build and maintain strong relationships with staff and volunteers.

You need to be committed to good practice in volunteering, adult learning and safeguarding, to help ensure that volunteers meet the needs of deaf children and young people at events and improve the services we offer. You will be very well organised and able to lead a team to manage a busy workload. You need experience of working in complex organisations with multiple stakeholders. An ability to use large volumes of data to analyse and report on team activity is critical, together with excellent attention to detail.

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description prior to starting your application (this can be found at the start of the application process).

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices.

The closing date for applications is on Sunday, 1st December 2019 at 23:59.
We expect interviews to be held in Birmingham on Thursday, 12th December 2019.

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form.

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

To apply for the role of Volunteering Manager, please apply via the button shown. 

This job is being posted by Webrecruit on behalf of National Deaf Children's Society. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Other organisations may call this role Volunteering Supervisor, Volunteering Services Manager, Senior Volunteering Officer, Charity Volunteering Manager, or Volunteering Team Manager.

We are currently seeking an exceptional individual to take on the role of CORE Development Officer.

Salary Grade: £10,425 (£26,063 pro rata)

Conditions: Non-contributory pension of 5% (after six consecutive months); 10 days annual leave; 15 hour week. 2 days per week

Terms: Part-Time, 2yrs

Background to CORE

The Coalition for Race Equality brings together many of the UK's leading black and minority ethnic voluntary and community organisations for the promotion of race equality. The Secretariat for the Coalition for Race Equality will be provided by a partnership between Race on the Agenda (ROTA) and Voice4Change England (V4CE) with ROTA as the lead partner, the employer and the financially accountable body. The two organisations have close ties and significant experience of coordinating and servicing networks of BAME organisations to campaign on race equality issues.

V4CE and ROTA support the Black and Minority Ethnic Voluntary and Community Sector to enable BAME populations to actively shape collective life and to build an inclusive and equal society, free of racism and other forms of discrimination. This partnership will support CORE as a dynamic, coherent and relevant voice for policy development, campaigning and local, regional and national action. V4CE and ROTA are founder members of CORE. Both organisations are charitable companies. ROTA and V4CE both have accessible premises.

Overarching Responsibilities will include:

• Convening and facilitating meetings of CORE members and partner organisations to respond to local, regional or national issues and opportunities in raising issues of importance to BAME organisations and the people they represent.
• Working with organisations across the UK to create campaigns and messages to shift public perceptions around race and racism
• Gather, synthesise, summarise and share intelligence on relevant issues as decided by CORE members
• Develop briefings and responses to consultations in relation to key government policy and relevant development in the sector

Closing Date: The closing date for applications is 12 noon, Monday 25th November 2019 (by post or email). Successful candidates will be notified by Thursday 28th November 2019 to attend an interview, likely to be on  3rd December 2019. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

CVs will not be accepted. Applications can be made only through the ROTA application form which must be returned along with the equal opportunities monitoring form.