Volunteering Administrator Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
Department: Learning
Location: Blended between office and home (England and Wales)
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
The role
We’re looking for a Volunteer Development Officer to support us in the delivery and development of high quality volunteering across our organisation. You will champion and support volunteering in Citizens Advice and influence the position and profile of volunteering across the service. You’ll work closely with the Head of Volunteering to support the delivery of the new volunteering strategy, ensuring that stakeholders from across the organisation are engaged in its development. You’ll provide operational volunteer management direction and support and maintain high standards in volunteering through the provision of guidance, tools, information and training.
Apply if:
- You have strong experience of supporting good practice in volunteer management, including an up to date understanding of how to make volunteering accessible and inclusive.
- You enjoy working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and co-creating solutions.
- You are passionate about volunteering and the positive impact it can have.
- To find out what the full role will entail and what you will be doing click below for the role profile and person specification.
If you would like to apply, please submit an anonymous CV and a cover letter addressing the following essential criteria from the job pack:
- Excellent knowledge of good practice in volunteer management and development and experience of supporting the application of this in a range of settings and contexts.
- An uptodate understanding of how to make volunteering accessible and inclusive and passionate about finding ways to put this into practice.
- Experience of developing and delivering good practice guidance, templates and advice on a one to one and group basis, preferably in a volunteering context.
- Experience and confidence in developing and delivering presentations and training sessions and facilitating workshops or peer learning sessions.
- Experience of working with data to inform planning and decision-making, particularly around the value and impact of volunteering.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service.
Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue - a principle that underpins our all EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector - people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. If you are disabled and meet our minimum criteria you will be guaranteed an interview for this role and we will provide reasonable adjustments as needed. We follow the social model of disability.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Our commitment to colleague wellbeing is reflected in us being awarded Gold in the Health & Wellbeing category, as well as Overall Winners, at the Employee Experience Awards 2022.
Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
In the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
Interviews are scheduled for WC 10th June.
This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.
This role is not open to sponsorship.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MDT Admin to join our Therapies Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide high quality efficient and reliable administrative support to the Therapies Directorate.
Staff benefits include, free shuttle bus, and more… Read more below.
Role Requirements
- Support planning and changes in the administration of children and young people’s timetable for children and family services.
- Support with photocopying of notes for subject access/ solicitor requests (SARS).
- Manage the SARS and redacting process with appropriate members of the Therapies teams.
- Update logs and coordinate the Clinical and Safeguarding Supervision across the Therapies teams, escalating non-compliance where required.
- Monitor mandatory training compliance and administer booking processes for all relevant training sessions/course.
- Coordinating specialist clinics, including spine and hip clinics; liaising with the Physiotherapy team to ensure the correct children are on the schedule. Liaison with external Consultants to organise the clinic lists.
- Carry out audiotyping of clinic letters and distribute as required.
- Update absences within the teams onto the SMI (staff care) system, as requested by the Heads of Service.
- Place orders for any required equipment and/or resources for departments and for the children and young people as deemed necessary.
- Take overview of clinical asset ordering, linking with the clinical assets team and management system, in line with MHRA guidelines and the medical devices policy.
- Track and monitor equipment orders with Heads of service, escalate delays and provide a central overview for all equipment re-charges and ordering.
- Raise and receipt PO’s and invoices for the therapies directorate and liaise closely with the finance team.
- Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, Zest; our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offender’s
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St Hilda’s East has a 135-year history of combating deprivation and social exclusion in East London. We welcome people of all ages to our large community centre in Shoreditch where we offer a wide range of activities for local people which provide opportunities to enhance wellbeing, learn new skills and meet people of diverse backgrounds. We also run a day centre in Shadwell, with a focus on supporting elders from the Bangladeshi and other communities.
Are you keen to use your administrative skills to help support people to achieve their potential?
As Administrator at a thriving and busy community-based organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of administrative procedures as well as assisting with facilities and financial management. The role is based full-time in our offices in Shoreditch, London
What you will be working on:
- Developing our administrative systems to be efficient and fit-for-purpose
- Supporting the effective use of IT hardware and software across the organisation
- Leading on the hiring of our meeting rooms and leasing of our office spaces
- Co-ordinating facilities issues such as negotiating good value contracts with our suppliers and organising day-to-day maintenance of our centres
- Assisting in the financial administration of the charity
This job is for you, if ...
- you have experience of improving administrative systems and implementing financial procedures and controls
- you have a flexible approach to work with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
- you have a friendly and welcoming disposition
- you possess high levels of competence in the use of IT
- you want to use your expertise for the benefit of a thriving community based organisation
How to Apply:
Visit our website for instructions on how to apply.
Closing date for applications: 11th June 2024
Interviews: 25th and 26th June 2024
Our Recruitment Policy
St Hilda's is committed to racial justice and wider inclusion and diversity. We are working towards a goal where our team fully reflects the diversity and difference in lived experiences of our local community.
St Hilda’s East is a vibrant, multi-purpose organisation providing a wide range of life-changing services and opportunities for local people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
All our teams play a vital role in supporting Battersea’s mission. Whether that’s on the front line, providing direct care to our animals, or behind the scenes in our office roles. Our IT department is responsible for providing IT business support and services that align with our organisational needs.
We now have a permanent opportunity for a Senior Cloud Administrator to provide 3rd level project and helpdesk support, acting as an escalation point for the support team. This opportunity is integral to providing consistent IT support across all three of our centres.
In this role you will ensure our internal physical and virtual server and network is maintained for 7 day a week operation. Your focus will be on infrastructure, and you will work across all six of our business applications. This offers you diversity in your work and the opportunity to work on technically complex challenges.
Joining a team of 10, you will be collectively supporting a user basis of around 700. The support requests will invite you to use your entire skill set and provide opportunities for continued development.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
At Battersea, we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive culture in all aspects of our organisation. We aim to ensure that this pledge, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
By hearing from and valuing different experiences, perspectives, and contributions, we know we can provide the best expert care for every dog and cat who needs us. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from diverse ethnic communities and people with disabilities, who we know are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 2nd June 2024
Interview date(s): TBC
For full details, please download our recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Who we are:
We all want to know where we’re from, to solve the mysteries of our past, to connect with people whose lives lead to ours, to feel as they felt, and to wonder what we would have done in their place.
The Society of Genealogists is an educational charity founded in 1911, and is the custodian of an extensive and exciting collection of diverse historical and modern physical and digital records. We have a unique purpose: to help people discover their place in history. We preserve the records of everyday lives and make them available to anyone wanting to understand where they’ve come from - grassroots sources,rich data of unlikely origin, exceptional assets that capture the unfolding, unofficial history of us all.
Benefits:
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Opportunity to work with a warm and friendly team of volunteers and staff
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Twenty-five days of annual leave pro rata per annum, as well as Bank Holidays
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Contribution towards eyecare costs
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Access to member benefits of the Society of Genealogists
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Pension scheme
Location: Based at our Research Hub in the heart of London, 40 Wharf Road, N1 7GS The role requires on-site office work, although there is some flexibility for working from home.
Purpose:
You will be an integral part of our team, bringing together our professional staff with our immensely valuable and experienced volunteers. You will engage with our existing volunteer team, recruit new volunteers for various opportunities within the charity, and match people with volunteer activities as they arise, making sure that volunteers have fulfilling and purposeful projects to work on.
Key accountabilities:
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Maintain register of volunteers in Outlook and One Drive in compliance with GDPR
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Ensure that volunteers are engaged in meaningful duties directly related to the objectives of the Society
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Respond to requests from staff for volunteer engagement in particular activities (e.g. poll books indexing, library inventory, magazine content)
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Organise occasional Zoom training sessions for projects and maintain organic resources and procedures
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Liaise with proofreaders in the development and maintenance of indexing guidelines
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Allocate, distribute and collect project work and arrange proofreading
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Maintain volunteer page of our website and volunteer forms
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Supply brief text to magazine and newsletter to encourage volunteering
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Write and publish occasional articles for the website about particular categories of volunteer work
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Monitor and maintain volunteer forum
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Write and distribute volunteer e-newsletter
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Write text for newsletter about volunteer achievements and engagement
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Provide statistics and notes on volunteer achievements in the Dispatch e-newsletter
Background and experience:
Essential
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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Good presentation and training skills
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Good time management and organisational skills
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Good multi-tasking skills with the ability to deal with and prioritise multiple requests.
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Personable, with the ability to form different relationships and demonstrated ability to enthuse others
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Preparedness to be flexible and a commitment to team work
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Knowledge of issues affecting volunteers
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Excellent computer skills; experience using dropbox and OneDrive
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Strength in problem solving and the ability to maximise limited resources
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Ability to resolve problems/issues tactfully and effectively
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Experience of volunteer coordination
Desirable
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Experience writing newsletters and reports.
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Experience working and updating forums
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Experience writing newsletters and reports
Please provide a cover letter outlining why your experience is suited to the role based on our Essential and Desirable experience outlined in the advert. Please give an example of each one where possible.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, proactive and well organised administrator to develop their skills as part of the Quality and Standards team delivering administrational and engagement support for the teams’ key objectives in the raising of standards with quality assurance process to ensure projects, activities, products, platforms and services are organised and executed to a high standard. The successful applicant will have excellent administrative skills with a high level of emotional intelligence alongside relevant experience in a fast-paced environment, underpinned by a ‘can do’ work ethic and high level of probity. The successful applicant will also have a passion for supporting programmes for young people to accelerate their personal and professional development.
Role Purpose
To provide highly efficient administrative support and be proactive within the Standards Department with exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail and a strong teamwork ethic.
The purpose of this role is to provide high-level general administration for the Quality and Standards team who is responsible for raising standards through the learning lab educator platform, using benchmarking resource products, to empower young people and champion future skills.
Key tasks and responsibilities
1. Administrative support to raise standards - Learning Lab:
• Support the engagement plan activities for educators to use the online learning platform and to access educational benchmarked resources.
• To aid the Digital Skills Development Manager to support the creation of editorial and marketing scripts.
2. Administrative support to empower young people - Benchmarking Resources and National Standards:
• To assist the Quality and Standards Manager to develop teaching tools for educators in colleges and training providers.
• Effectively support the co-ordination of resources (including agencies, suppliers, volunteers, and partners) so that all project elements are delivered to acceptable standards and meet the required outcomes.
3. Support to champion future skills – Competition portfolio reviews and audit:
• Producing and distributing accurate records of meetings. Acting as secretariat for meetings that are either in person or virtual that will include setting up meetings using Zoom or Teams, minute taking, and recording actions.
4. Operational Impact:
• Administration and co-ordination of activities in line with the project operational plan
• Develop, co-ordinate and maintain appropriate systems and processes, tracking and reporting on activity.
5. To work with internal or external stakeholders at all:
• Liaising with educator partners to ensure key quality assurance documentation is submitted to deadlines and collated on the appropriate systems.
• Monitoring the enquiries, allocating queries to team members and responding to requests for information.
• Providing support to the team in answering queries from staff, external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Assisting the team with arrangements for meetings and events including booking travel, venues, catering and accommodation.
• Supporting the budget management processes; raising purchase orders, processing invoices and monitoring expenditure.
• Maintaining all administrative systems, processes and databases.
• Supporting the monitoring of key performance indicators for learner and educator engagement and prepare data for inclusion in reports.
6. General
In addition to the key tasks and responsibilities set out above, all employees at this level are expected to:
• Contribute to the successful delivery of WorldSkills UK’s strategic priorities and annual business objectives.
• Promote and comply with WorldSkills UK’s Employee Handbook and the policies contained therein with particular reference to those related to Health and Safety and on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Carry out any other duty as may be reasonably assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. Any significant changes will be made in consultation with the post holder acknowledging experience, education and ability.
Person specification
Key: [E] Essential / [D] Desirable.
Qualifications and experience:
• Experience operating as a high-level administrator or coordinator. [E]
• Maths GSCE grade A-C or equivalent [E].
• Experience of working in a team, including dealing with the public [E].
• Experience of using Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint [E].
• Experience developing and/or managing digital learning platforms and systems like Moodle. [D]
Knowledge and skills:
• Strong planning and organisational skills and ability to manage time effectively. [E]
• Excellent communications skills and ability to create high quality and engaging written content. [E]
• Highly IT literate, knowledge of LMS platforms (Moodle) or any CMS would be useful. [E]
• Able to interact with others in a sensitive and diplomatic manner, able to build rapport and establish effective relationships [E].
• Able to organise time effectively, create work schedules, prioritise workload and meet deadlines [E].
• Able to follow directions from supervisors and respect policies and procedures. Demonstrates commitment to the organisation and task completion [E].
• A level of numeracy sufficient to be able to check and reconcile statistics and financial information [E].
• Capacity to learn new systems and software packages. [D]
Personal qualities and attributes:
• Excellent team player and collaborative approach to work. [E]
• A passion to deliver the highest standards of work with attention to detail. [E]
• Very reliable and with a high level of probity. [E]
• Able to work to own initiative with broad direction. [E]
• Able to think creatively and solve problems. [E]
• Flexible in working methods and ideas. [E]
Special circumstances:
• Prepared occasionally to work outside normal hours [D].
• Prepared to travel within the United Kingdom [D].
• Able to spend time away from home [D].
How to apply: Please view the attached supporting document for full details on how to submit an application.
This role is office based (as above) but with flexible hybrid working. It is expected the postholder will attend the office at least once or twice a week.
Full time working hours are a minimum of 35 hours per week, normal working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday although we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and service delivery and are happy to discuss flexible working options, including part time, with suitable candidates.
25 days’ annual leave [which will increase by one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days] plus public and bank holidays.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Administrator to support our Programmes England Team
Deadline: 2nd June 2024
Location: London
Salary: Starting salary 26,125 (pro-rata) plus £3,285 London Weighting (pro rata)
Hours: 12.8 hours per week
Contract type: This is a fixed term, part-time role ending 30 September 2024
This exciting Project Administrator role will support the administration and day to day delivery of our Family Zone project, working in partnership with the London Borough of Southwark. The Project Administrator will work closely with the Family Zone Project Manager and our external partners to deliver this whole family intervention aimed at supporting families where there is an adult struggling with their mental health
What does the role involve?
· Providing administrative support enabling effective delivery of the project, including maintaining records, ordering refreshments and appropriately recording project expenditure
· Support the Project Manager to deliver in person and on-line workshops
· Support the Project Manager with recruitment of families and other awareness raising activities
· Support with internal and external communications
What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?
· Significant experience of providing office administrative support to multi-partner projects
· Ability to maintain close attention to detail, timelines and other aspects of project support
· Proactive attitude, willing to be flexible
· Demonstrable experience of communicating with multi-sector stakeholders
Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – Mental Health Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its beneficiaries, those who surround them, its staff, volunteers, and anyone else who comes into contact with its services and expects all trustees, staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures (proof of eligibility to work in the UK, proof of residency and satisfactory employment screening, including a Disclosure check and two most recent references) along with 3-year renewals of Disclosure checks. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
How to apply
If you think your skills match and you’d like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete and submit your application below. Please ensure you attach an up to date CV and statement of suitability answering all points of the person specification. Applications will close at 5pm on 2nd June 2024 and we are unable to accept late applications. Interviews are planned for week commencing 12th June 2024.
We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. Diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority for us as an employer and mental health charity, and we are proud to be signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Disability Confident Committed Scheme. Applications from under-represented sections of the community are actively encouraged.
If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us. We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Disabled candidates who meet all the essential person specification criteria will be offered an interview. Therefore, please do ensure you tick the relevant box on the application form and clearly indicate in your application/covering letter if you consider yourself to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 / Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
We are currently operating mostly digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing). We have moved to a hybrid working model of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and the rest working from home..
We look forward to hearing from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing date: 31st May
Application Process: Please ensure you apply with a supporting statement on why you believe you would be the most suitable individual for this position.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you looking for a rewarding and challenging career where you can use your skills and knowledge to help address the biggest health issue in the UK today?
This is an exciting opportunity for a tech-savvy individual with a passion for finance and systems administration, who is committed to making a difference and wants to be part of a collaborative and inclusive team. You will be responsible for system configuration, user support, troubleshooting, and ensuring the effectiveness and reliability of our finance systems.
We are looking for a Finance Systems Administrator who will play a critical role in managing and maintaining our finance systems, including UNIT4 ERPx, financial reporting tools, and other related applications. The role will be responsible for system maintenance, configuration, user support, troubleshooting, and enhancement projects to ensure the effectiveness, control and reliability of our finance systems.
To realise our aim of reaching everyone, we need to understand the diverse needs of those affected by dementia. The best way to do that is to ensure that our people (volunteers and employees) are reflective of the wider UK society. That’s why our people are so important to us.
Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.
We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
About you
- You will have experience in finance systems administration or related roles, with proficiency in ERP systems (experience with UNIT4 is an advantage) and financial reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot technical issues and propose effective solutions.
- You will be detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and data integrity in financial systems.
- Possess a solid core accounting knowledge & is comfortable working with both financial & non-financial data
Person Specification
- Verbal and written communication skills to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Excellent IT skills and extensive experience/knowledge on using Microsoft packages.
- Work collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.
- Excellent organisational skills and great attention to detail.
- Advocate for Alzheimer’s Society, demonstrating passion and resilience to make a difference.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
Job Title: Volunteer Support Officer
Salary: £25,200 FTE
Working Hours: 35 hours per week (permanent)
Location: Homebased
Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday.
We are recruiting a Volunteer Support Officer to help support our 3,000 volunteers across the UK and Channel Islands. The postholder in this role will help NCT achieve its vision for volunteering, building strong more inclusive parent networks that boost the wellbeing of parents through warm, friendly, non-judgemental support.
About the role
This is a full-time role but we would be very happy to talk about flexible hours for the right candidate so please just let us know in your covering letter if this is something that you would like us to consider. This role will involve some evening and weekend work.
You will help by recruiting, supporting, and managing volunteers who deliver parent support and fundraising activities.
Responsible for supporting volunteers to organise and deliver parent support and fundraising activities this role is perfect for someone who loves variety in their work. Speaking to volunteers, developing new resources, thinking creatively, and improving processes are all a big part of this role.
We are looking for someone who is:
· Passionate about delivering a good volunteer experience.
· Great at communicating with a diverse range of people.
· Naturally curious and good at unpicking complexity.
· Willing to be brave and try new ideas or learn new skills.
We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.
We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity.We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.
The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Please visit our website for job description details.
Closing date for applications: Friday 31st May 9am
Interviews: w/c 3rd May
Propose start Date: 10th June
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have knowledge and understanding of governance and democratic processes? Do you have demonstrable experience of working effectively on own initiative and experience of working effectively in a team?
We are looking for a Governance Administrator to provide administrative support to the Governance and Compliance team to ensure we are governed to exemplary standards. The Governance Administrator will be responsible for providing administrative support to our complaint, disciplinary and safeguarding processes and procedures. The successful candidate will develop and deliver administrative support to the wider team such as through servicing meetings, creating action logs and maintaining records.
This is a part time (0.6FTE) and permanent role.
This is an exciting role in a unique organisation. Our vision is of an outstanding experience for all UCL students and to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world. We aim to build a vibrant and empowered student community with real influence in UCL and beyond, that enables students to enjoy their time at university; pursue their interests and passions; see the world in new ways; and develop the skills and experience to change the world for the better.
We are a registered charity employing over 100 career staff and 300 student staff, delivering a wide range of services and representative functions for UCL students. We have the widest portfolio of services of any student organisation in the country, managing UCL’s extracurricular programmes for sport, music, drama, dance, media, volunteering, academic societies and intercultural engagement; providing a wide range of fantastic social spaces; leading on student democracy and representation across UCL; and offering excellent student support services.
It's an exciting time our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking new Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.
We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About CleanupUK
We’re a small charity that brings communities together to create cleaner, connected and safer urban and rural neighbourhoods by tackling the litter problems where they live. Litter-picking brings people closer together, enables neighbours to meet one another other and helps create a greater sense of pride and community in local areas.
Historically, we have delivered litter-picking focussed community engagement projects in London and Birmingham. Our current focus is developing partnerships with community organisations across England to expand our reach and increase impact.
Main duties of the role
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To provide a pro-active, high-quality administration and support service to the Operational Team, Chief Executive and the Corporate Partnerships team.
Operational Team: Deals with logistics, processes and day to day functions of our work on the ground with community partners and volunteers.
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To attend weekly team meetings
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To assist in research into new areas of operation for the charity.
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To oversee orders of equipment and printed resources to our partners with various suppliers around the country.
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To maintain meticulous records regarding our growing national Cleanup Hub network of community partners.
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To collate statistics and create regular reports of programme activity, using our website and new database.
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To provide help and advice to enquiries that come through our information email inbox. This could include; helping people access their profiles on our website or advising them as to how to get involved in community litter picking activity.
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To use Mail Chimp to send mailers to our partners and followers.
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Database Management, to take a pro-active role in our upcoming database development project, considering how best to structure, store and export data. Following the launch of the database lead on database development and maintenance, such as an annual data cleanse.
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To assist with setting up, maintaining and updating database information, Community Cleanup Hub registrations, profiles and filing systems, ensuring that data handling complies with GDPR requirements.
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To assist with staff recruitment and induction processes.
Chief Executive: leads our strategic direction / reports to the Trustees
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To organise board meetings; booking diary dates, venues, catering and taking minutes.
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To attend and take detailed minutes at board meetings and any other meetings required.
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To process invoices, expense claims and credit card statements.
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To assist with staff recruitment and induction processes.
Corporate Partnerships: manages relationships with our corporate partners
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To oversee orders of equipment and printed resources to our corporate partners with various suppliers around the country.
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To assist with staff recruitment and induction processes.
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Just Like Us is the LGBT+ young people’s charity and works with thousands of schools and young people across the UK through its programmes. The Ambassador programme is a key part of our work at Just Like Us.
This role will be key in ensuring that we have a growing community of LGBT+ young people aged 18-25 who volunteer with Just Like Us. We support them to:
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Use their voice: by delivering school talks, writing for the press and speaking on panels
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Develop their skills: through workshops and mentoring
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Join a community: volunteer with hundred of other LGBT+ young people
This role is critical to the delivery of this mission and will support the Head of Volunteering Programmes to meet the needs of our community of LGBT+ young people aged 18-25 and the schools that we work with.
This role will provide the successful candidate with a strong foundation for a career in the voluntary sector. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, with strong organisational and administrative skills, and good communication skills to join a friendly, driven Programmes Team.
Please see the application pack for more details and how to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We're seeking an enthusiastic individual to provide a comprehensive administrative service to a busy front line advice centre.
1. To help provide an effective free advice and representation service for people largely living or working in East London or elsewhere within England and Wales.
2. To provide a comprehensive administrative service to a busy front line advice centre. This comprises responding to enquiries through both telephone, email and face-to-face, ensuring that each enquirer is assessed for suitability for our services, specifically with a view to Legal Aid funding, booking clients for legal advice appointments and signposting those we cannot assist directly.
3. You will be working closely with our Housing Team and provide some support to other legal area teams.
Please provide your CV and a cover letter detailing how you meet the person specification and how your experience relates to the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a specialist UK charity which provides expert care and support for refugees and people seeking asylum who have experienced extreme human cruelty such as torture or human trafficking. We work with hundreds of clients every year from all over the world. HBF delivers a specialist Model of Integrated Care that addresses the complex needs and vulnerabilities of survivors. Through the Model of Integrated Care, the HBF offers survivors access to an individually tailored programme of specialist psychological care and medical advisory services, legal protection including providing expert medico-legal documentation, welfare and housing support, and creative and skills activities within an integration programme. Where someone is a survivor of human trafficking they benefit from HBF’s counter-trafficking programme of support. The Foundation’s expertise is renowned in the field.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Client Services Team which operates within HBF’s vibrant, multi-disciplinary team. The duties of Client Services Administrator are two-fold 1) is to host our busy reception area and friendly waiting room; welcome clients and visiting professionals to the Helen Bamber Foundation and attend to any needs they might have and 2) to oversee the booking of appointments between clients and staff/volunteers across the organisation; liaising with third parties and clinicians in relation to Initial Assessments; booking and managing doctor’s diaries for our Medical Advisory Services and the booking of interpreters across the organisation. You will be at the heart of an exciting team of experts, working as the face of HBF and the first point of contact for both external and internal queries. You will be a self-motivating team player, organised, efficient and have a compassionate mind-set.
The role will work closely with the other person in post as Client Services Administrator and jointly manage the workload. The role also includes assistance and general facilities support to the Senior Operations and HR Coordinator.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
HBF is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation. We particularly welcome applications from Minority Ethnicities.
As is the nature of this sector, the role will be exposed to traumatic and distressing material and, whilst they will be supported by their line manager and surrounding team, they should also be able to demonstrate knowledge of good self-care principles in an intense work environment and dissemination of those principles to other members of the team.
Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and an enhanced DBS check. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment.
Please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter by 5 pm on Tuesday 21 May 2024, interviews will be scheduled for the commencing week. Your application should outline your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience matches the listed responsibilities and person specifications.
Please state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role. In setting the salary regard has been had to the NCJ payscales.
Interviews will be scheduled as soon as possible following closure of the role at our offices in central London. For any queries, please contact Laila Amarneh.
We regret that we can only respond to applicants who make it to the interview stage. No agencies.
We give Survivors of trafficking and torture the strength to move on.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
I am excited to be working alongside an amazing health charity in search of an Education Guidelines Officer. As Education Guidelines Officer your role will be to liaise with personnel and stakeholders to organise and ensure the smooth running of the organisations Guidelines and Education function.
Main duties:
Co-ordinate and service the guidelines Task Forces working groups with their writing groups, managing all administration for meetings.
Service any education committee preparation with the Senior Education Officer using Sharepoint.
Administer virtual events liaising with speakers, registrations and recording events on the day.
Provide support to the Senior Education Officer on administration for any other events where necessary.
Maintain the membership list of guidelines task forces and education data on Sharepoint.
Records management of the guidelines and education area.
Update and maintain spreadsheets of guidelines for signed Declaration of Interest forms and SharePoint.
Liaise with Task Force chairs to appoint rep-resentatives for appraisals and maintain an up-to-date list of appraisals for which the organisation is a stakeholder.
Maintain email distribution lists and update and maintain the guidelines database.
Help Senior Guidelines Officer and Senior Education Officer to maintain up-to-date information on the website (Task Force membership, publication dates, events, case reports, images etc) as well as archiving, removing, and adding new guidelines, events and audit templates when required.
Maintain and update audit templates data and audits spreadsheet.
Aid Senior Guidelines Officer to add audio and written commentaries to guidelines and good practice papers on website when required.
Help Senior Guidelines Officer with summary, uploads and statistical reporting.
Work with the volunteers to ensure courses are aligned with learner outcomes.
Support the development, delivery and evaluation of the online education programmes and resources in collaboration with Senior Education Officer and relevant staff members/committees members.
If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!