HR Advisory & Operational Lead

Maternity cover - until end October 2021

Salary: £29,274.86 (FTE £34,154) with progression to £37,948 (FTE)

30 hours per week

Location: Flexible

The Children's Society is seeking a professional and proactive individual that is able to support the business partnering team to provide an effective and professional HR service.

You must be able to work within a busy and fast paced environment and possess knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and its implication within the organisation. You will be required to support managers at a number of locations, therefore, flexibility and the ability to travel is essential. You must be CIPD qualified, or working towards gaining a qualification, with a proven track record of providing advice and guidance on all aspect of HR. You must have administration and operational HR experience and competent in the use of HR systems and processes.

In order to be successful in this role, you must:

-Have the ability to communicate confidently and effectively with people at all levels, both orally and in writing

-Be able to manage and influence challenging stakeholders whilst ensuring high levels of customer focus

-Have up to date working knowledge and understanding of ER policies and procedures and UK employment law

-Have experience of supporting organisational change activities, including restructure and redundancy processes. Experience of supporting TUPE processes is advantageous.

-A solid track record of working as an HR Advisor (or comparable level)

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your generalist HR knowledge and experience and assist the organisation to contribute in making a positive difference in the lives of young people.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 23rd August 2020. *However, please be advised that due to the volume of candidates likely to be received for this post, the closing date may be moved to an earlier date.*

Interviews will be held remotely on 1st September 2020.

Healthcare Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Lasting Power of Attorney / Continuing Healthcare Coordinator
Location: Birmingham (Tricorn House)
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £19,964 – £20,770 per annum depending on skills and experience

Closing date: 20 August 2020
Interview date: TBC

About the role:

This is a key co-ordination role within two volunteer-enabled services which the Society offers. Both use trained volunteers to support people with dementia. The first helps them to make a Lasting Power of Attorney using the online tool provided by the Office of the Public Guardian and the second to appeal NHS Continuing Healthcare decisions.

The role supports the supervisor of both services to manage access to them and to deliver high quality information, as well as managing records and waiting lists. It also provides core technical and administrative support to the volunteers.

About you:

Do you want to support people with dementia to exercise their rights and help them gain more control of their lives?

Are you a good communicator who can quickly absorb complex information, and explain it clearly but in a kind and empathetic way?

Are you organised with strong attention to detail and ability to problem solve?

Can you work within limits of strict confidentiality and as part of a team?

Would you find delivering an excellent service to people with dementia fulfilling?

If so, and if you are educated to degree level or equivalent or have extensive relevant work experience, this could be the role for you.

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Support Worker, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.

About us:

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery  to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

About the Role:

We’re an award-winning team, established in 2017 to tell the story of the difference our funding makes. We’re finding new ways to gather and share knowledge about our grants, from using evidence and stories to write accessible, engaging content to building an evidence library of the Fund’s work. We’re also working to change how the whole organisation thinks about learning, to make the most of insights from our grantholders and our own staff. We want to tell the world about the extraordinary work the Fund supports, and to share those stories as vividly and accessibly as possible.

You can find out more about the work of our team on our website: The National Lottery Community Fund. 

We are looking for a Level 3 Junior Content Producer Apprentice (internal job title Knowledge and Learning Apprentice) to join our team in Birmingham.

This an entry level post, giving you the chance to develop and try out different elements of content production, from initial research, to bringing your findings together and presenting them in a range of different formats. We work on a range of topics, anything from tackling homelessness or loneliness, to the role of community groups during the pandemic.

As an apprentice:

• You’ll learn to research and find content by reviewing reports, databases, videos and websites. You’ll get to try out different interview techniques, by shadowing your colleagues and then talking to staff, charity workers and community representatives.
• You’ll work with colleagues to bring together and write up the findings. These could be in a range of formats from reports and webpages to summaries and blogs.
• You’ll find, tag, summarise and upload documents to our internal and external platforms. This is something you’ll do weekly, building your information management skills.
• You can also have a go at designing and producing multimedia content, such as podcasts, presentations, blogs, videos and/or vlogs.
• With our support, you’ll get to develop basic quantitative research skills by doing simple data analyses.
• You’ll also get to test our content on users to make sure it is engaging.

You’ll spend four days a week working with us and one day a week doing distance learning, one-to-one or group coaching with a qualified skills coach, or shadowing your colleagues.

We would particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people.

Contract Type: Two years fixed term contract

Hours: 37 Hours per week including 1 day a week at college or on-the-job learning

Interview Date: Interviews to be held on 8th, 9th, and 10th September

 

Essential Criteria:

What are we looking for?

• We need someone who loves reading and writing. We don’t mind how you gained your strong writing skills – perhaps through schoolwork, through personal journaling or creative writing, through your hobbies, volunteering or work experience.
• We want someone who is eager to communicate, to make an impact through their work.
• You have a curious mindset. You want to tell the whole story, which means researching it thoroughly. We need someone who cares about the detail and the context, and looks for ways to find out more.

Apprentices must meet the following criteria for the course aspect:

• Be at least 16 years old.
• Have English and Maths GCSEs at grade C (4) or above.
• Have the right to live and work in the UK.
• Not hold a qualification in a similar subject at level 3 or higher. Similar subjects include creating media content and creative and professional writing subjects. If you are not sure if your qualification rules you out for this post, then please do contact us for advice.

Desirable Criteria:

• Some experience of producing multimedia content such as blogs, reports, presentations, podcasts, vlogs or web pages.

For You:

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

How to Apply:

Visit our website on The National Lottery Community Fund for further details about the vacancy and our application process.

 

Equal Opportunities:

 Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.