A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, passionate and determined person to take on the position of Head of Fundraising at The Snowdrop Project.  We are a rapidly growing charity helping to lead the way in supporting survivors of human trafficking.  We have a diverse income stream that is mainly comprised of trusts and grants, regular and one off donations, events fundraising and training income.  In the last 5 years, we have doubled our income every 2 years and purchased a large building, all without growing the fundraising team.  However, we are now excited to see the team expand and seeking a highly experienced fundraiser with leadership experience who would relish the challenge to build on our previous success and generate new and creative opportunities.

We are particularly interested in someone who has experience attracting corporate support and developing a legacy income stream.  You will become part of a vibrant team who are in the job to bring real and lasting change to both our direct beneficiaries and the national and international field.  Your role within the senior leadership team will involve strategy development, effective team management and ensuring we maintain and continue our trajectory of growing stable finances providing security of service for our current clients and allowing us to reach more survivors and increase our influence.

You will need to have a proven track record of: working with and understanding multiple fundraising streams; successful income generation; strong leadership and organisational skills; excellent IT and communication; demonstrating that you are approachable and trustworthy; enjoying working both independently and collaboratively; and prioritising rapidly changing lists of tasks.

We offer a supportive and fun team environment, CPD training opportunities, individual support with health and wellbeing and a 4% contribution to the pension autoenrollment.

Background

Snowdrop Project is one of the leading charities in the anti-trafficking sector that provides long-term support to survivors of human trafficking through advocacy, counselling, community activities and a house renovation programme.  The Snowdrop Project has become a respected name in the field, being invited to be part of the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, speaking in the House of Lords and provide training to local authorities, police and health professionals in various locations around the UK.  Last year we received the prestigious CSJ Award for significant contribution to tackling social inequality in our income category.  We have been running as a funded charity for 6 years and grown exponentially with very little staff turn over.  We are passionate about meeting the needs of survivors, finding gaps of service that are not being met and setting and maintaing standards of best practice in everything we do.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships

Position: Head of Fundraising

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 (depending on experience) pension paid at 4% contribution

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours) Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. Some evening and weekend work will be required in exchange for TOIL.  

Location: Castle Green, 7 Castle Street, Sheffield, S3 8LT

Contract Type: Permanent

Benefits: 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) and wellbeing package including monthly counselling.

Closing date: Thursday 10th February at 9am

Interview dates: Interviews will be conducted on the w/c 21st February.  If we need to go to a second stage, this will occur on the w/c 28th February.  Please state in the job application if you cannot make any of these days

Start date: 1st April (however, an earlier or later start date is negotiable dependent on notice period)

Remote/home-working, with regular travel to UK churches as required

Are you inspired to bring hope and lasting change to some of the poorest and most marginalised people who are living in poverty, facing injustice, experiencing disability, trauma and displacement caused by conflict in the Middle East?

Do you have a good understanding of the UK church and a desire to connect with leaders and churches?

Are you confident you can engage their support for Embrace and its work – through giving, prayer support, advocacy, and volunteering?

Embrace the Middle East is an international Christian charity helping people of all faiths and none to free themselves from a life of poverty and injustice. Our work and the work of our Christian partners, in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, who run hospitals, clinics, schools and centres for people with disabilities, really does make a difference. Together we lift up the vulnerable and marginalised, serving families escaping violence or persecution, people living with all kinds of disability, women and children deprived of access to vital education and health services.

Embrace the Middle East is looking to recruit and welcome to the Engagement team a Church Relationships Manager.  Working collaboratively and supportively with colleagues to develop Embrace’s supporter-base of UK churches and church groups through proactively managing relationships to retain, develop and reactivate churches so that they continue to support Embrace’s work through: giving, praying, advocating and volunteering.

Key areas of responsibilities: 

1. Working creatively and collaboratively to shape, drive and deliver Embrace’s Church engagement strategy to retain, re-activate and develop relationships with church leaders and communities.
2. Manage the delivery and promotion of churches campaigns to raise awareness and increase support for Embrace’s mission.
3. To speak and preach in churches and to church and community groups to raise awareness of Embrace and our work, and encourage engagement via giving, praying, advocating and volunteering.
4. Working with colleagues, to align Embrace’s Volunteer and Events Programmes to support the development of church relationships.
5. To support the Charity in every way possible to fulfil its vision and charitable aims.

About you:

We are looking for an excellent relationship manager, who is skilled in building rapport and developing relationships with UK churches, Church leaders and congregations to increase engagement through giving, prayer support, advocacy, and volunteering. Inspired by their faith, they will be confident at preaching, praying publicly, and leading Christian services in a wide range of church settings, with appropriate references to scripture.

We are keen to hear from candidates who are passionate about Embrace’s work and committed to the Christian mission, vision and values of the charity.  You will be comfortable working in a faith inspired work setting and ready with compassion to serve and work with churches, congregations and communities. 

In return, you will be part of a collaborative team, working with colleagues to bring hope and healing to those we serve through our Middle East Christian partners. You will be part of an organisation that values everyone’s contribution, pays a fair wage, offers attractive benefits, and is committed to supporting your continual professional development. 

Because of the nature of the role it is subject to an occupational requirement under the Equality Act that the post-holder be a practising Christian.

To succeed you will:

• Be inspired to help change the lives of marginalised people living with poverty, injustice, disability, trauma and displacement caused by conflict, and other challenges.
• Have experience of working with UK churches and liaising with Church leaders and congregations.
• Have excellent communication and influencing skills to engage, inspire and deliver key messages.
• Have experience of raising charitable income and long-term engagement within a Church setting.
• Have experience of preaching, praying publicly, and leading Christian services in a wide range of church settings, with appropriate references to scripture.
• Be confident to ‘make the ask’ in a church or group setting and confidently invite support for the work of Embrace.
• Be motivated by the belief that every person is created in the image and likeness of God and is deserving of the dignity bestowed on them by God.
• Be able to communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of people.
• Be available to work on weekends (in particular Sundays - up to 3 Sundays a month) and evenings as required.
• Hold a valid UK driving licence.
• Be able to travel to church communities in the UK, and occasional visits to Embrace’s office in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
• Have appropriate home-working arrangements.

 Staff benefits at Embrace the Middle East:

• To support every member of staff to work as effectively as possible, Embrace offers remote and flexible working arrangements.  This includes flexi-time and home-working arrangements. 
• Embrace’s flexi-time framework means that staff can vary, by agreement with their manager, their start and finish times, taking into account the needs of their work and personal preference/circumstance. Staff are required to start work between 7:30am – 10:00am and finish between 3:00pm – 6:00pm. Our core collaborative working hours are between 10:00am to 3:00pm.
• Pension - option to join from day 1. Maximum employer contribution of 10%
• Holiday - 30 days, including 8 bank holidays – rising to 31 days after 5 years' service and 32 days after 10 years' service, plus 3 days leave between Christmas and the New Year
• Flexi-time working arrangement and support for home-working allowance.
• Reimbursement of pre-agreed travel expenses.
• Life Assurance - 3x salary.
• Employee Assistant Programme (confidential counselling, legal and financial advice) and GP helpline – both available 24 /7, 365 days a year
• Training and development programme for all employees.
• Commitment to staff health & wellbeing.

How to apply:

To apply for this role, kindly send through a completed online application form, via the link on our website, attaching a copy of your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability and your motivation for the role. 

We will contact all shortlisted candidates either before or shortly after the closing date for applications.

Embrace the Middle East is an equal opportunities employer.  Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to have the right to work in the UK, either through nationality or relevant work visa.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a medical questionnaire and undertake a disclosure check as part of the Charity’s safer recruitment policy.

Closing date: 14 February 2022

Working within a small GMWSA staff team, the post-holder will assume prime responsibility for management of a Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Women’s Support contract. This has been recently awarded to GMWSA on behalf of Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPs).

Working to the Alliance CEO, the job involves managing and supporting operational service delivery arrangements between GMWSA and its 9 service delivery partner organisations.

This involves risk assessment, the preparation of reports, data analysis, creating and delivering presentations, the development and implementation of service improvement plans to satisfy Key Performance Indicators and to maximise the timely achievement of good contract outcomes across Greater Manchester.

The role also involves supporting the Alliance in securing and implementing additional contracts and services in support of our mission and objectives.

Job title: Volunteer and Local Meeting Support Officer
Salary: £28 - £32k pa
Reporting to: Senior Manager
Line reports: None
Location: Euston, London NW1 (When permitted)
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full time

Who we are

London Quakers Property Trust is a registered charity. The charitable purpose of LQPT is defined mainly but not exclusively in terms of the provision of buildings. Our major source of income arises from the lettings and rentals from the buildings that we own.

What we do

To achieve our objective, our main activity is to maintain, repair, preserve and insure the 32 Quakers Meeting Houses, and other properties within the London area and to help pay for rented accommodation where appropriate. LQPT has an extensive multimillion pound property portfolio and a program of quinquennial surveys and repairs/improvements. There is also a significant investment portfolio.

Local meeting volunteers act as our agents in arranging lettings and in managing and accounting for income at a local level. All such income is managed by LQPT as a pooled resource across the whole of London. LQPT therefore has extensive links with local Meetings, not only in relation to the physical state of buildings but also in relation to health and safety issues, insurance, lettings policies and rental levels, and local financial management.

Following a strategic review, we are seeking to recruit a new role to help us with this important work: a Volunteer and Local Meeting Support Officer.

Purpose of the role

This role will involve working directly with our volunteers helping them to manage their buildings and to maximise opportunities for income generation.  We hope that the work will start with an assessment of needs of volunteers and the development of a programme of support in the areas of training, induction, property management, development of business cases and problem solving.  You will also help manage day to day communications with volunteers and our members using the web, regular newsletters and local updates.

Who we are looking for

This role requires great interpersonal and communications skills. The role will suit someone with experience as a volunteer or having been a facilitator of volunteers. Good proficiency with social media and MS Office applications is a must.

You should have a good understanding of how charities work and the associated legal responsibilities and ideally have experience of working for a charity. Being able to offer a professional service to volunteers and to create a positive volunteer experience is essential, so great verbal and written communication skills are also important.

What it’s like to work at LQPT?

This is an exciting time to join LQPT and this post will play a key role in supporting Quakers worship and our work across London. We are a small but growing team. Day to day working life is fast paced but varied and exciting. Our approach is to always offer a high standard of support to the Quakers Meetings who use our properties and to be flexible and adaptable in the way that we work. 

In recent times staff have been mainly working from home but when the opportunity allows, we plan to introduce a flexible mix of working from home and in the office at Friends House Nr Euston Station London. This post will require you to travel across London and may involve some weekend and evening work (TOIL arrangements will cover flexible working).

Closing date: Monday 14th February
Interviews: w/c 28th February

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

LQPT is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce.

No agencies please.

Could you be our new Regional Service Manager (South)?

Who we’re looking for:

Are you a terrific multi-tasker, with a passion for supporting staff and volunteers to be the best they can be? Can you also bring a strategic eye to the development of our services and improvements to operational delivery?

Support Through Court depends on our two Regional Service Managers (South and North) to keep the Leadership Team up to date on what's happening across our network of court-based services, where staff and volunteers help litigants in person navigate the civil and family court system. As line manager for 6 to 8 Service Managers, you'll set standards and objectives according to our organisational aims, and will enthuse and support Service Managers to achieve them. While you'll be home-based, your team will work in court buildings from Birmingham to Bristol and Cardiff to Chelmsford, and you'll be expected to travel as necessary to visit them, as well as keeping in touch between visits.

You'll work closely with the RSM (North) and other colleagues and will report to the Head of Service, who will depend on you for informed opinions on managing and improving our services. You will take responsibility for a variety of Service-focused projects and will relish delivering positive outcomes through collaborative working. This will include building your own networks of contacts to help promote Support Through Court, encourage supporters and funders to donate to us, and improve the court experience for litigants in person.

About Support Through Court

Support Through Court is an independent charity providing practical and emotional support to people facing the court process without the benefit of legal representation. Most people are unfamiliar with - and may be frightened of - the courts, and may be facing serious issues that could affect their children and relationships, finances, or the security of their homes. Our staff and volunteers empower people facing court alone, helping them to go through the court process with dignity and confidence. Together, we can ensure that no one faces court alone.

What we can offer you

This role offers an opportunity to combine staff management and operational delivery with influencing at national level, as well as contributing to the direction of the charity, as we work through an ambitious 5-year strategic plan. We’re a highly regarded, energetic and friendly charity, offering our staff a range of benefits, including a generous leave allowance (28 days + bank holidays, increasing over time); up to 6% pension contribution (with optional salary sacrifice), season ticket loan and/or cycle to work scheme.

How to apply
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Lizzie Iron, Head of Service, in the first instance. 

Applicants should apply with a CV and a covering letter explaining persuasively why we should offer you the post. It is important that your letter should provide evidence of the criteria detailed in the person specification.

Closing date: 12 midnight on Sunday 20th February 2022

Interviews will be held in the week beginning 28th February 2022

Community Fundraising Manager

37.5 hours per week

Permanent Contract

Based -  Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, with regular visits to other CCC sites (A mix of office / home working also considered, depending on candidate)

Please note: This post is Agenda for Change, Band 5 and appointments are usually made at the bottom of the salary scale

The Role
The focus of this role will be to generate income and profile for The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity through the development of an effective Community Fundraising Programme in the Cheshire West, Chester and Warrington areas.

This will involve:

• Working with community groups and local organisations

• Recruiting and managing volunteer fundraising groups across the area

• Working with high street corporates & independent businesses

• Working with schools

• Proactively recruiting new supporters and providing them with excellent donor care.

• Representing the charity within the local community

• Managing volunteer fundraisers

The Successful candidate will be self-motivating, and have a natural ability to inspire others to achieve the best possible fundraising outcome for the charity. You will devise and implement a robust action plan for your dedicated area which draws upon your own experience and abilities, in partnership with team members and based on our current fundraising strategy, to ensure success within your own income stream.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in community fundraising or appropriate transferable skills. You will thrive on the challenge of developing new and diverse methods of attracting support for the charity, with an ability to adapt to social and economic trends in giving. Your drive, commitment and personality will allow you to grow income through excellent relationships with supporters and potential partners.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity

The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is the only charity dedicated to supporting patients and research at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – one of the UK’s leading cancer hospitals.

It’s thanks to our supporters that we can achieve so much for people with cancer across Cheshire and Merseyside, which may not be possible through NHS funding alone.

Our charity raises the vital funds needed to invest in leading technology, fund life-saving research, enhance the patient environment and enable innovations in care for the 32,000 people we see each year at our cancer centres across the region.

In line with our plans for the coming years, we have an opportunity for an experienced Community Fundraising Manager to join our Team.  This role will not only be instrumental in raising vital funds to support people with cancer across Cheshire and Merseyside, but is also key to the charity's future growth.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.

Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside’s district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region’s Teenage and Young Adult Unit.

Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We take an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard children, young people and adults. We support the national and local safeguarding agenda, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk.

This job is unlikely to attract a Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a work permit). Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK may not be considered if there are a sufficient number of other suitable candidates. To apply for a Tier 2

Job Title:          Volunteer Lead

Responsible to:  Director of Patient Support Services

Base: Flexible, home or office based with a requirement to visit the Alton office for meetings, with UK travel                                      as required                                                             

Hours:                     37.5 hours per week, occasional evenings and / or weekend work will be required during the job

Salary: c. £30,000 - £35,000 FTE (subject to experience)

Contract:                Permanent

Background

Kidney Care UK’s volunteer programme is in the very early stages of development and will be central to delivering our services and support to people living with or affected by kidney disease. Our model of service delivery and support will be unique, building teams that blend skills, experience, lived experience and expertise, comprised of full and part-time staff and volunteers. As such, volunteers play roles that will cross all departments and operations, ranging from counselling and therapies, advocacy to fundraising, communication to digital, advisory roles and trustees.

Aims of the post:

To ensure that Kidney Care UK recruits, retains, and develops the support of volunteers across all the organisation’s activities and develops pilot service opportunities working in partnership with department leads. This will enable the organisation to deliver its vital services and improve the lives of people who have kidney disease.

Objectives of the post:

1. To lead, develop and deliver Kidney Care UK’s volunteer programme and manage all day-to-day aspects of its work.
2. To ensure that proper systems and processes are in place so that volunteers are recruited and inducted in a manner that is appropriate to Kidney Care UK, and that adhere to its policies and procedures. For example, DBS checks.
3. Ensure that Kidney Care UK volunteers are supported throughout their period of volunteering and that they receive high standards of service and guidance from Kidney Care UK employees and other volunteers.
4. To ensure that there are suitable mechanisms for Kidney Care UK and the volunteer to maintain a dialogue.
5. Audit Kidney Care UK’s existing volunteer activities and develop an effective strategy that will attract new volunteers to meet the charity’s growing need, particularly strategies to recruit and support volunteers from all communities.
6. In partnership with service leads explore opportunities to build partnerships and secure funding to support a UK wide volunteer network.
7. Maintain an overview of wider developments with regards to the UK volunteering landscape and be the point of contact and public face of Kidney Care UK’s volunteering programme.
8. To work with the fundraising and partnerships team to establish income streams to fund volunteer initiatives, projects, programmes and activities to ensure sustainability.
9. Lead the organisation to achieve Investing in Volunteers accreditation in 2022.

Key duties and Responsibilities:

Programme Management

1. To take the lead role of Kidney Care UK’s volunteer programme.
2. Develop effective systems and processes for managing the day to day and longer-term activities and  development of Kidney Care UK’s volunteers.
3. Ensure that systems are in place to ensure that each volunteer is supported and that they are placed in an appropriate part of that makes use of their skills and interests.
4. Work with the service or department leads to pilot new volunteer initiatives.
5. Work with the service or department leads to develop training plans for volunteers.
6. Be aware of access requirements and ensure that these are always respected and catered for.
7. Ensure that appropriate resources are available for each volunteer to effectively complete their work.
8. Develop and maintain a high standard of professional practice and service.
9. Ensure that volunteers confirm to Health and Safety policy and best practice standards.
10. Act as an advocate for volunteers as appropriate.
11. Ensure volunteers can express their feedback, feelings and opinions through a varied programme of activities and mechanisms.

Strategy Development

1. With the support of the Volunteer Working Group audit Kidney Care UK’s existing volunteering approach and develop an effective strategy that will attract new volunteers to meet the charity’s growing need.
2. Work with the Fundraising and Partnerships team to develop a unified and high-quality service for UK businesses as a part of their team plans.
3. Working with Marketing and Communications drive the volunteering programme effectively and ensure that volunteering has the resources it needs to promote its work.

Staff & Volunteers

       1.Liaise with all teams in the planning and implementation of the volunteering programme.

        2.Convene Volunteer Working Group meetings on a regular basis as required to support the work and development of          volunteers.

Administration

       1.Share with all other staff responsibility for providing volunteer support and administration where necessary.

       2.Take lead responsibility for ensuring any relevant core fundraising supplies are maintained.

       3.Produce monthly verbal and quarterly written reports and results against targets.

Finance

       1.Liaise with the finance lead on any financial matters.

       2.Maintain financial records of expenditure.

      3.Administer petty cash as appropriate, following procedures.

External Profile / Consultation / Liaison

      1.Attend meetings on behalf of the organisation as required.

      2.Liaise with external agencies and be the public face of volunteering programme.

      3.Network with key stakeholders to inform approach to working with volunteers.

Monitoring

     1.Process and collate statistical information relating to volunteers and report as required.

     2.Provide a structured system of record keeping to assess/record individual development.

     3.Monitor and evaluate the programme regularly and feedback all findings to line management.

Miscellaneous

    1.Attend staff meetings.

    2.Participate in training as appropriate.

    3.Operate and conduct oneself in line with the organisational policies including safeguarding and health and safety.

    4.Other duties which, within the confines of the purpose of the job, may be required, from time to time.
 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

CRITERIA - ESSENTIAL OR DESIRABLE

KNOWLEDGE

1. Knowledge of legal and policy issues relating to volunteering - ESSENTIAL
2. Knowledge of current best practice in volunteer management - ESSENTIAL
3. An understanding of the needs of people with long-term health conditions - DESIRABLE

SKILLS & ABILITIES

1. Planning and organisational skills, including ability to plan, prioritise and deliver a complex workload - ESSENTIAL
2. Ebility to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, with people at all levels - ESSENTIAL
3. Ability to engage and influence colleagues - ESSENTIAL
4. Ability to produce attractive and accessible marketing and publicity materials - ESSENTIAL
5. Strong presentation skills, sufficient to deliver training to staff and volunteers - ESSENTIAL
6. Ability to work alone and as part of a team - ESSENTIAL
7. Skills to be self-servicing to a significant extent, including use of ICT - ESSENTIAL

EXPERIENCE

1. Implementing management systems and processes - ESSENTIAL
2. Experience of developing and delivering volunteer led services. - DESIRABLE
3. Recruitment using a values-based approach and direct supervision of volunteers - ESSENTIAL
4. Delivery of training workshops/presentations - ESSENTIAL
5. Use of social media and online platforms to promote volunteering - DESIRABLED
6. Experience of developing relationships with partner organisations - DESIRABLE
7. Using client management or in-house databases for recording and collating data - DESIRABLED
8. MS Office applications particularly Word and Excel - ESSENTIAL
9. Experience of using email and the internet - ESSENTIAL

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

1. Commitment to incorporating Equal Opportunities principles into all aspects of work - ESSENTIAL

ADDITIONAL

1. Must occasionally be able to work outside of usual working hours - DESIRABLE

 ‘We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expect all staff and volunteers to actively support this commitment.’

To promote & develop community organisations and volunteering in the county through providing volunteer brokerage, funding, and governance advice.You will be instrumental in developing and growing a new volunteer centre for Wiltshire. The successful candidate will be passionate about volunteering and the contribution and value volunteers bring to our civil society. We are on a mission to create connections, solutions and opportunities which build stronger communities.Our vision is to improve local lives by promoting positive social change.

• Salary £29,000 - £35,000 (FTE) gross per annum (depending on experience)
• Full time (37.5 hours per week), flexible working arrangements considered on application
• London Office normally (currently remote working due to Covid-19 restrictions)
• Reporting to Head of Campaigns and Communications
• Line management responsibilities: None

Safe Passage International is looking for a Press Manager to join our Campaigns and Communications team and lead a core area of our campaigns work. The successful applicant will build on the organisation’s strong record of high impact external communications to grow support for our campaigns and ultimately deliver change for our beneficiaries.

Working closely with colleagues in our UK, French, and Greek offices, you will develop and deliver a media engagement strategy in support of our mission to open safe routes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and adults across Europe. You will also be responsible for internal communications within Safe Passage, working to embed our organisational strategy and values in a way that keeps staff and volunteers informed, motivated and aligned.

The successful candidate will be passionate about ensuring that those with lived experience of seeking sanctuary and/or directly affected by the issues we campaign on lead and shape our communications and campaigns. You will have a track-record of designing and delivering comprehensive press plans to influence key decision makers and ensure effective media coverage.

This is a critical time to join our work as we lead a national campaign on the Nationality and Borders Bill that calls on the Government to open new safe routes to the UK for refugees and stop plans that would break international laws by punishing refugees for taking “irregular routes” to the UK.

About Safe Passage

Safe Passage was founded in late 2015 in response to what became known as Europe’s modern ‘refugee crisis’. In the past four years we have grown from a small UK project to an international organisation with 25 members of staff supporting refugees to access safe and legal routes to asylum across Europe. To date more than 2,000 individuals have travelled to safety through routes we have opened.

• Our vision is a world where the people who need it have safe passage to a place of safety, family and justice. We champion the rights of refugees and displaced people as they flee persecution, using the law to help them access safe routes to a place of safety.
• We work alongside refugees to campaign for change and build public support for safe passage for all.

To date over 2,000 individuals have travelled to safety through routes we have opened. Our work is recognised with awards from Liberty, Sheila McKechnie, the European Parliament and EU Commission. We were also chosen as one of The Guardian’s ‘Charity of the Year’ in 2016 and this year we were the winner of the 2021 Charity Awards in the campaigning and advocacy category.

Working at Safe Passage

We are ground-breaking, determined, and compassionate. Committed to opening and defending safe, legal routes to people seeking sanctuary, particularly children.

We enjoy creativity, imagination, challenge, and a good sense of humour. We work hard to deliver excellence for all our partners: clients, donors, and other strategic partners. We look for talented, passionate people to join our team and take us further.

We value equality and diversity in our organisation, and strive to build a workforce reflective of the communities we work in. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. People with refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds are experts by experience and are particularly encouraged to apply.

How do I apply?

Please visit our website to read the Job Description and Person Specification and to view details of how to apply in full. 

Closing date: Sunday 13th February 2022 at 11.59 pm

We believe access to justice should not be reserved to NGOs and individuals who are prepared to shoulder the risks.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Community Manager to join the3million, the EU citizens group, and deliver our ambitious programme of community lawyering for EU citizens and their families living in the UK.

There are considerable risks of destitution and discrimination to thousands of EU citizens in years to come, for example access to employment and welfare. 

The programme is funded for three years by the Justice Together initiative and aims at addressing the long term problem of access to justice for the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach individuals of our community.

the3million is a not-for-profit organisation established after the Brexit referendum to give EU citizens in the UK a voice. We work on social justice issues. Google ‘the3million’ for more information about what we do.

Please note we use EU citizens as a shorthand for citizens of one of the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area or Switzerland and non-EU family members with derived rights.

Job Definition: 

The Community Manager is a new role within our organisation, responsible for the delivery of the3million’s community lawyering programme. 

The objective of the programme is to make legal services readily available within vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities. Through outreach and working closely with community leaders, churches, social charity, community groups etc., we aim to formulate strategies that will not only help individuals who suffered losses due to problems with the Settlement Scheme, but also empower them with the tools necessary to bring about social change.

As the Community Manager, you will be expected to:

Outreach:

Develop and implement an outreach plan to build on, establish and engage with communities facing issues with understanding, accessing and enforcing rights

Partnerships:

Build deeper informal partnership with advice delivery organisations to support our overall goal and seek collaboration at national and local levels

Intelligence:

Continuously map out issues from the lived experience of EU citizens in relations to the EU Settlement Scheme.

Communications:

Raise awareness in the communities of EU citizens about legal action, both in terms of strategic litigation and restorative justice

This position is available on a permanent basis, starting in  March 2022. 

Main duties and responsibilities 

• Build trust in the3million’s community lawyering model, based on community engagement and people empowerment, intelligence gathering feeding advocacy campaigns, and access to justice for EU citizens through strategic litigation and restorative justice actions for those who suffered losses;

• Develop our stakeholder relationships with local and national advice organisations and community groups; 

• Gradually organise access to justice to vulnerable and hard-to-reach individuals in the community of EU citizens in the UK through an outreach programme; 

• Organise our grassroots network to represent all segments of the community of EU  citizens in the UK and mobilise them to promote access to justice; 

• Support the gathering of data and evidence from EU citizens with lived experience of issues with the UK immigration system; 

• Analyse the data and evidence to build intelligence based on lived experience;

• Support the3million’s campaigns led by the Head of Policy and Advocacy to influence key influencers and decision makers to seek corrections to unfairness in the immigration system and compensations when people suffer losses; 

• Support the3million’s strategic communications led by the Communications Manager to raise awareness on these issues through the voice of EU citizens’ lived experience;

• Other duties as requested by the Head of policy and advocacy and the CEO.

Person Specification

• Proven experience in community management, local or national organising and outreaching to hard-to-reach individuals;

• Ability to relate to people of all background and at all levels, regardless of their disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sex, class and sexual orientation;

• Expert in implementing plans with acuteness and details, with good time management, strong organisational skills and concise and effective reporting skills;

• Strong interpersonal skills leading to building long lasting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders; 

• Excellent oral and written communications, including public speaking to audience with low English proficiency and media appearances;

• A full understanding of the EU Settlement Scheme and associated rights, limitations and its barriers and of the legal advice provision offered to EU citizens in regards to the Scheme;

• Full commitment to the values of a small organisation that works on social justice issues in support of EU citizens in the UK;

• Ideally someone with working experience and understanding of the UK justice system and immigration legal services. 

Working Conditions 

Job title: Community Manager

Contract type: Permanent contract

Salary: up to £34,580 depending on experience (pro-rata)

Reporting to the Head of Policy and Advocacy 

Place of work: remote working but you may be asked to travel to the3million offices in Bristol for your induction, or as and when required. The role will involve travelling across the country to meet local and national advice organisations and community groups. All travel expenses are covered under our work expenses policy.

Hours: Part-time (4 days a week) with an option to become full-time depending on additional funding

Benefits: 28-days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rata), contributory pension scheme, flexible working patterns.

Equal Opportunities: the3million is striving to implement its Equal Opportunities Policy. Applications are welcomed from candidates regardless of religion or belief, age, race, sex, marital status, disability or sexual orientation, gender reassignment or pregnancy. 

Posted: 13 January 2022

Please note: this is an open-ended recruitment process, so please apply promptly as we will interview candidates as we go along, and reserve the right to close the application process early if we find the right candidate.

Start date: 1 March 2022

Do you want to have the satisfaction of knowing you are contributing to Swindon’s only adult hospice? Use your passion and skills to make a real difference and join a much-loved charity with its huge supporter base.

We are entering an exciting new era where we must build on our historic success and thrive as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and are seeking a Fundraising Manager to grow and develop our income.

What is the role?

As a senior member of the fundraising team, you will primarily be responsible for developing beneficial and lasting networks in the community and across the hospice, continually raising the profile of the charity and championing all aspects of our work to generate income that allows us to deliver our vital services. You will lead on longer-term planning relating to fundraising and engagement, as well as delivering supporter relationships, event planning and implementation, managing income streams, pipelines and exceeding income budgets.

A key element of the role will be to take responsibility for external community support and the internal upskilling of colleagues across the organisation on our fundraising approach, messaging and income generation needs.

In addition, you will lead and develop the Fundraising Community and Events team, to ensure the team deliver operational excellence, meet income targets and work collaboratively to deliver on the strategic aims of the fundraising team.

Our ideal candidate will have a proven background in charity fundraising, sales and/or management with experience of leading teams, developing opportunities and influencing stakeholders and have a proven track record of income growth in previous roles. If you have a good understanding of the charity sector, this would be an advantage.

In return, we offer a great range of employee schemes and benefits, including generous annual leave, free parking on-site, on-site café, employee assistance programme, wellbeing team, generous pension scheme, Blue Light Discount Card and so much more!

Hours: 37.5 per Week – Monday to Friday (Ability to work evenings and weekends is essential).

Interviews will be held on Thursday 10 February 2022.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of leading and motivating teams to meet targets
• Fantastic interpersonal skills with the ability to be engaging
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge of fundraising and the voluntary sector
• Experience of initiating, developing and maintaining strong relationships both externally and internally
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and high quality, bespoke presentations, reports & proposals)
• High-level digital & social media skills
• Driver, with a full, current UK driving license

It would also be great but not essential if you have:

• Experience of working with the general public – public speaking an advantage
• Experience of planning and organising events
• Experience of recruiting participants/supporters to achieve goals

Equality & Diversity

Prospect Hospice is committed to encouraging a diverse and inclusive working environment. We recognise that promoting diversity and eliminating discrimination in our workplace will bring benefits for our people, our business and the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, offending background, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Safeguarding

Prospect Hospice is committed to promoting the wellbeing of all adults and children who use our services, ensuring that they live a life that is free from harm, abuse and neglect. We work in an open and transparent way and encourage staff, volunteers, patients and families to raise any safeguarding concerns.

We are POW Nottingham and have supported sex workers, and those at risk of exploitation for over 30 years, developing a significant understanding of this communities needs and the issues they face. We were originally founded by those with experience of sex work and continue to be informed and shaped by the views of sex workers, ensuring that we continue to meet their needs.

We are seeking a Senior Manager to provide strong leadership to our staff team and oversee empathetic, trauma informed service delivery. You’ll need to establish effective operational relationships with front-line delivery partners that prioritises the needs of service users. Responsible for implementing robust systems and processes being accountable for the performance of the staff team and providing guidance, advice, coaching and performance management.

The values of POW Nottingham reflect our vision and what is important to those we support, these are:

• Safety – Ensuring people have a safe space and can be safeguarded and protected from further harm.
• Support – Informing and advocating based upon each person’s needs.
• Choice – Enabling people to make their own choices without stigma.
• Empower – Giving people the tools to care for themselves and to inform our work.

Job Purpose

Working on behalf of POW and across our projects, we are looking for a Senior Manager to lead, manage, supervise and motivate team members and volunteers on a daily basis. On occasions, you will be expected to deputise for the CEO, attending meetings of a strategic nature.

As the Senior Manager, you will be the point of contact for all team members and volunteers, requiring excellent communication skills. You should also be able to act proactively to ensure smooth team operations and effective collaboration. Ultimately, you should lead by setting a good example and engage the team to achieve goals through a nurturing yet resolute approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture, leading team meetings and events.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with our key stakeholders, attending relevant meetings, promoting the work of POW and reporting on progress.
• Oversee day to day operations, monitoring the team’s performance, setting time bound and clear goals and objectives, reporting on metrics.
• Conduct one to one supervision and line management to discuss performance, training needs and providing on the job mentoring as and when necessary.
• Collate and write reports in line with our funding requirements, having a clear grasp of budgets, project aims and outcomes.
• Act as a leader and role model, motivating and mentoring team members and volunteers to reach their full potential.
• Deputise, where required for the CEO, attending meetings and representing POW at a strategic level.
• Ensure a safe environment for service users where everyone receives a positive and pro-active welcome and are treated with dignity and respect.
• Ensure the needs of service users are appropriately responded to by the team.
• Oversee the work of visiting specialist health workers, e.g. Health Service, Drug Service, etc.
• Ensure adequate staffing for our core services.
• Assess any risk to clients, the environment and staff, record and communicate any risks identified using appropriate channels in POW Nottingham’s policy and procedures.
• Risk manage incidents and respond appropriately.
• Ensure all reports requested are written and delivered to requested timescales as directed by your line manager.

General Responsibilities

In order to promote and provide the highest standards of service to all POW Nottingham client’s the following is applicable as general terms and conditions of the job post:

• To promote the rights and interests of sex workers, promote the equal treatment of sex workers and confidence in the organisation.
• To proactively engage individuals from a hard to reach client group to access POW Nottingham’s services.
• To manage and maintain all paper and digital records in line with your work duties, ensuring these are up-to-date, accurate and all outcomes are recorded appropriately.
• To work in line with policies and procedures relevant to POW Nottingham.
• To ensure confidentiality at all times.
• To work within agreed risk management guidelines.
• To notify your line manager of planned whereabouts, submitting accurate timesheets on a weekly basis and updating your works calendar.
• To undertake training and development as directed.
• To work flexibly as required to meet the needs of hard to reach service users.
• To work on outreach including unsociable hours.
• Develop warm and trusting relationships with POW Nottingham service users to encourage them to express their needs, views and concerns.
• To support POW Nottingham services users in meeting their cultural and spiritual needs and in expressing their personal identity.
• Maintaining professional and appropriate boundaries in all work with staff, volunteers, service users and external professionals.

Organisational Responsibilities

POW Nottingham expects all employees to adhere to all policy and procedure relevant to their day to day work. In line with this POW Nottingham expects all employees to adhere to the POW Code of Conduct at all times. In addition, POW Nottingham has the following expectations of staff:

• Prompt and professional attendance at training and development events.
• A commitment to be respectful and professional in our day to day dealings with clients, colleagues and external professionals.
• To maintain the appropriate and legal level of confidentiality at all times in your work.
• To appropriately share any concerns regarding safeguarding in line with your legal duty.
• To prepare for all relevant meetings with clients, management or external professionals; representing POW to the highest standard in your conduct at these meetings
• To prepare reports and statistics as requested by the line manager.
• To prepare for and attend regular supervision with line manager.
• Be prepared to work unsociable hours and in potentially difficult geographical areas.
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of harm reduction, sexual health, general health and legislative issues pertinent to sex workers.

Legal and Statutory Responsibilities

All staff must be prepared to comply with POW Nottingham’s Health and Safety policies and attend relevant statutory training as required.

POW Nottingham is committed to diversity and inclusion of staff and service users. All staff are required to demonstrate their commitment to these policies in their day-to-day work and to treat others with dignity and respect at all times.

Where any part of a job description is not being met or where there is a breach to these terms and conditions this may lead to disciplinary policy and procedures being followed by POW Nottingham.

It is an occupational requirement that applications are women only and applicants from a BME and LGBTQ+ community are particularly welcome!

Our vision is to ‘improve lives, enhance communities’ and aim to ‘make a positive difference for all through sport, physical activity and learning’. We have developed a strong track record of delivering high quality community-based initiatives and services.

Our work focuses on three priority areas: Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Skills, and Social Inclusion, alongside a core theme of work in Football and Sports Development. These are all underpinned by our promise to deliver accessible opportunities.

Summary of your role:

You will work alongside and support the Project Manager (NCS) to help manage the programme, develop strong and meaningful partnerships with a range of stakeholders, and oversee the delivery in Watford, Three Rivers, Hillingdon, and Harrow.

You will help coordinate and implement the Trust’s NCS offer with the responsibility of the day-to-day running and delivery of the programme including residentials and key contractual components.

In addition, you will support the delivery of other learning and skills-based programmes whilst working closely with members of the team, to develop and run new projects, activities, and events, as and when appropriate.

Your key responsibilities, but not limited to:

• To help plan, organise and run aspects of NCS delivery.
• You will be responsible for the recruitment of young people to the NCS programme.
• You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of recruitment and ‘keeping warm’ activities in order to achieve high ‘turn up’ rates.
• You will be responsible for arranging and delivering exciting and challenging activities to engage young people throughout the programme.
• To help ensure that all young people have a positive experience.
• To help support a range of partners such as local and national charities, local volunteer centres and community groups through the running of social action projects, to maximise the impact of the NCS programme.
• To market and promote NCS within a variety of community settings including schools and colleges.
• Provide opportunities for participants to reflect and evaluate their experience and capture this evidence via reports, case studies and testimonies.
• Attend relevant training and review events as and when required.
• Ensure that the Health and Safety, Safeguarding and other relevant policies are implemented and adhered to throughout the programme
• Undertake any other relevant duties related to the further development, promotion, and sustainability of the programme.
• To help develop and grow NCS within the Trust and other regions

You Must Have:

• A proven track record of developing and managing projects in the public, private or voluntary sectors such as youth and community work, teaching, social work, or management.
• Experience of working with young people (16-25 years) and their families/guardians, particularly those young people identified as vulnerable or as having complex needs within a community setting.
• Experience of managing and overseeing matters of safeguarding including identification and reporting of child protection concerns, risk, and data management.
• Experience of working on own initiative to an agreed action plan and effectively monitoring service quality standards and performance.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency environment and the proven ability to develop effective working relationships with other professionals/organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate and demonstrate an equal opportunities perspective in all areas of work, including race, disability, sexual orientation, and gender.
• Experience of managing casual staff and/or volunteers.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills to enhance working relationships.
• Calm temperament with experience of working under pressure.
• Self-motivated with a positive, solution focused attitude.
• Proficient IT skills using Microsoft and data management systems, to write reports, case studies, presentations, and collection of data.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
• Have a flexible approach to work and be able to work unsociable hours (including evenings and weekends) and able to lead on residential programmes throughout the delivery seasons.

Ideally Have:

• Hold as a minimum - Statutory and Mandatory Safeguarding Children and Young People Level 3
• Experience of planning and delivering the National Citizen Service (NCS) or equivalent

What is in it for you?

• Chance to join an award-winning charity and work alongside colleagues who are determined to utilise the positive power of sport, physical activity and learning for social good.
• Friendly working environment
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Investors in People accreditation
• Opportunity to benefit from a range of training and development opportunities
• Free gym usage at our two Community Centres
• Flexible working environment
• 25 days of Annual Leave entitlement plus bank holiday’s
• Trust pension scheme

Equal Opportunities:

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and dynamic working environment by building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more wide-ranging we are, the better our work will be.

We are committed to Safeguarding children and adults at risk. The necessary Disclosure and Barring Service check will apply to this post.

Would you like to play a key role in enabling a new generation of Medical Doctors to be trained in Cheshire, no matter what their background? Do you have experience of writing compelling funding proposals  and applications to Grant-Making Trusts and Foundations? If so, the role of Development Manager could be for you.

We are at a key moment at the University of Chester, having gained approval from the General Medical Council to deliver the first qualifying course of study for Medicine in the county. We want to provide scholarships so that background is no barrier to joining the Medical profession, training in Chester, and this role will play a key role in achieving this.

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract (0.8fte considered) until September 2023, when our first scholars will be joining us.  The successful candidate will be responsible for cultivating and nurturing the relationships with Trusts & Foundations and associated supporters, bidding for significant financial donations and grants to the University of Chester. The position is available immediately, and joins the team at an exciting time. There is scope for the role to become permanent after this initial campaign.

The focus will be on new relationships with Trusts and Foundations leading to financial support, and we are looking for someone who can be proactive about seeking out and forging this, collaborating closely with members of academic faculty and the Senior Executive Team, who are fully onboard to support this initiative.

You will be educated to Degree standard or equivalent level qualification and you will have a proven track record of fundraising, with a wide understanding of philanthropy, and why people and organisations give. The successful candidate will be a results driven, strategic thinker with the ability to build and nurture transformative internal and external relationships. You will be an exceptional written and verbal communicator and passionate about your work, and the difference higher education can make in our communities and society.

The post is normally based in Chester, however the Directorate is currently working remotely, and homeworking either fully or partially is available.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Helena Astbury, Head of Development and Alumni Relations on +44 (0)1244 511005.

We encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants.

Candidates may download further details from our website.

Closing date: 15th February 2022.