Welfare Officer Jobs in London
Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women selling sex in the UK. We are currently looking to recruit a Research and Impact Officer. This is a crucial role in supporting the monitoring and evaluation of our work as an organisation and in contributing to the design and delivery of innovative research which builds the case for tackling sexual exploitation in the UK. Working closely with the Research and Impact Manager, this role ensures that the work of Beyond the Streets is informed by learning from lived experience, practitioner experience and academic research; producing a variety of research outputs that inform service development, training content, and policy proposal development.
You will be a champion of the cause and have a passion for supporting women who face multiple disadvantages and be familiar with a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) perspective. You will have experience in conducting research in the humanities or social sciences. You will have great interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. We are looking for someone with energy, motivation, skills, and experience; someone who can understand the big picture and can deliver to deadlines.
Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours. You will be joining a growing team at Beyond the Streets. We currently have 18 members of staff, with a mix of full-time and part-time working patterns. The role will be based at either our East London or Southampton office. Remote working will be considered for the right candidates but there will be visits required to our offices in Southampton and East London.
This post is restricted to female applicants only under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
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At Refugee Action Kingston (RAK) we're dedicated to helping the successful integration of refugees and asylum seekers into the local community. With over three decades of experience, we provide a comprehensive range of services including welfare support, immigration and legal advice, education, counselling, and career guidance.
Our values
- Empathy: we put ourselves in the shoes of those we work with.
- Enterprise: we're innovative and resourceful in our approach to supporting refugees and asylum seekers.
- Empower: we strive to empower our clients, helping them achieve their aspirations.
Role overview: as the Director of RAK, you'll lead our organisation in supporting refugees and asylum seekers in South West London to lead fulfilled and independent lives. Proposals for hybrid working will be considered. Your responsibilities will include:
Strategic Leadership
- Developing and implementing annual plans aligned with our strategy, in collaboration with the Board of Trustees, to achieve desired outcomes.
- Maintaining efficient systems for the charity's operations, ensuring good governance and financial sustainability.
- Overseeing all aspects of organisational management including finances, resources, services, and communications, in cooperation with trustees.
Governance and Organisational Management
- Working closely with trustees to direct and deliver RAK's objectives according to the charity's strategy.
- Leading and supporting the RAK team to fulfil objectives, emphasising client needs, monitoring outcomes, and integrating learning into operations.
- Ensuring compliance with governance requirements, supporting board responsibilities, and contributing to trustee meetings and reporting.
Financial Management and Human Resources
- Ensuring effective financial management, leading finance and project management teams to maintain controls, preparing reports, and managing spending within budget.
- Developing organisational structure and processes for positive people and service management, adhering to legislation and quality standards.
- Fostering a healthy working culture that encourages staff and volunteers to excel, contribute ideas, and embrace diversity.
Fundraising
- Developing and executing RAK's fundraising strategy, exploring new avenues to diversify funding sources.
- Collaborating with the fundraising manager to cultivate relationships with funders, submitting funding bids, and providing reporting.
- Focus on growing unrestricted funds to reduce reliance on grants.
Advocacy and Influencing
- Cultivating strong relationships with stakeholders to amplify the impact of RAK's work.
- Advocating for the needs of our clients to local authorities, healthcare providers, and other relevant agencies.
- Maintaining an effective advice and advocacy service, meeting quality standards (AQS & OISC) and regulatory requirements.
General Duties
- Undertaking any other related duties as required and appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Leadership and Change Management: proven track record of leading client-focused services, driving strategic development, and managing change effectively.
- Project and Programme Management: experience in creating and delivering complex projects aligned with strategic objectives.
- Fundraising Expertise: understanding of fundraising importance in the charitable sector, with a history of successful and innovative fundraising initiatives.
- Digital Proficiency: ability to harness digital tools so that roles are carried out efficiently and competently.
- Financial Management: track record of managing budgets and contracts effectively.
- Analytical Skills: experience in complex report writing and data analysis.
- Empathy and Inclusivity: ability to empathise with clients from diverse backgrounds and a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.
- Team Leadership: excellent people skills, with the ability to empower and motivate staff and volunteers to operate effectively.
- Partnership Building: strong ability to build partnerships, manage coalitions, and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
- Communication Skills: excellent communication and persuasion skills, including experience in public speaking.
- Governance Knowledge: understanding of governance principles in the voluntary or public sector.
- Safeguarding: experience in leading on safeguarding and health and safety.
Desirable Criteria
- Asylum System Knowledge: understanding or lived experience of the asylum system.
- Policy and Advocacy: experience in asylum-related policy or advocacy work.
- Commercial Awareness: experience in negotiating with statutory, local, or voluntary organisations/authorities.
Refugee Action Kingston exists to enable refugees and people who seek asylum to succeed as integrated members of the local community
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Senior Fundraising Officer with an incredible social welfare charity, to focus on raising unrestricted income from a variety of income sources such as Trusts & Foundations, Fundraising Appeals, Fundraising Events and Individual Giving.
This is a hybrid role with 1 - 2 days a week in the London Office.
The Charity
A passionate and collaborative social welfare charity, dedicated to empowering people who are facing huge challenges and support them to overcoming adversity. You would be joining a highly respected organisation, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering competitive benefits including 30 day annual leave plus bank holidays.
The Role
Develop & design excellent, high-quality applications, presentations, and pitches to secure multiyear unrestricted gifts from key supporters including Trusts, Foundations & Major Donors.
Work with the Fundraising & Communications team to identify, plan and deliver local and national fundraising appeals.
Maintain, promote, and diversify a small portfolio of challenge events our supporters can take part in.
Responsible for supporting the Fundraising Assistant.
The Candidate
Experience of working in a charity fundraising environment.
Proven track record of winning and/or managing a portfolio of grants, or relevant experience/transferable skills.
Experience working with a CRM or fundraising database, preferably ETapestry
Experience of building supporter journeys for various audiences.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
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The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a fantastic Animal Charity to find their next Community & Events Officer.
The charity offers a flexible working environment, with hybrid working 2 days per week from their London office.
The Community & Events Fundraising Officer is a central role within the Charity’s Fundraising Team and at the heart of any organisations’ fundraising, as the interface with our community, supporters, and volunteers.
This role will be responsible for engaging and inspiring the communities around us to support the charity and build awareness of the work we do to promote animal welfare within our communities. The role is ideal for an individual looking to oversee, support and manager an exciting and diverse programme of work.
Key Responsibilities:
· Researching and developing a portfolio of community fundraising initiatives and building a pipeline of potential income from these areas.
· Identifying new opportunities and growing our supporter base by connecting more local communities to our work.
· Develop and deliver plans for a growing the charity’s event fundraising programme, including third-party events, DIY fundraising and the Christmas concert.
· Develop and run new local community fundraising events to engage key audiences and raise funds and awareness.
· Optimising the supporter experience of those who fundraise for the charity.
· Developing profitable relationships with community groups, including schools, faith groups and local businesses across London.
Person Specification:
· Have a proven and successful track record of planning multiple activities and/or events throughout the year.
· Have experience creating and managing great supporter relationships to deliver agreed objectives and income targets.
· Have demonstrable ability to plan income/expenditure budgets and analyse results and insight to optimise future activity.
· Have the ability to travel on an occasional basis and willingness to work, if required, on evenings / weekends.
· Be organised: able to multitask and prioritise workload, including organising and planning daily and weekly activities to meet deadlines.
· Be positive and enthusiastic: willing to go above and beyond at key times.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
About Us
Established in 2002, Greenhouse Sports charity is leading the fight for a future where young people are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges, through sport. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing out on crucial opportunities available to their wealthier peers, leading to dire consequences such as academic struggles, exclusion, crime, gang violence and mental health issues. We coach and mentor young people from deprived backgrounds because the crisis for children living in deprivation is real and it is urgent.
Our magic is the Greenhouse coach, sports coach, trained mentor and role-model combined. Over the last 2 decades these coaches have worked with more than 50,000 secondary school children in London to help them fulfil their potential.
In 2020 we expanded our delivery beyond London for the first time, launching a programme of work to support children earlier in their lives at primary school. This expansion of services is critical to meeting the needs of young people growing up in poverty today, and we are committed to continue expanding these services in the years to come.
The Person
Greenhouse Sports are looking for an enthusiastic and highly personable Coach Support and Training Officer. You’ll have a genuine passion for our work and get a kick out of working with people and supporting them in achieving great things.
The Role
As Coach Support and Training Officer you will:
- Be out and about at our programmes, supporting our inspirational coaches and seeing the magic happen
- Play a central role in training our staff
- Work closely with our front-line teams to understand their needs and develop bespoke solutions
- Support our coaches with enrichment trips, events and administrative support
Benefits at a glance:
- A 2-week Christmas break every year on top of your annual leave allowance
- A health-care cash plan, dedicated support service and wellbeing allowance renewed annually
- Be surrounded by a brilliant group of highly motivated, purpose driven teammates!
If you are ready to take charge, make a positive impact, and pave the way for London's young people, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for! Don't miss out- apply now and join our Team at Greenhouse Sports.
Application Deadline: Sunday 14 April at 23:59 hours
Applicants will be reviewed on an on-going basis
Greenhouse Sports is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children therefore applicants must be willing to undergo child protection training and screening including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and obtaining satisfactory references from past employers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation (“RNCSF”)’s vision is to promote social mobility through providing access to a great education for young people facing or who have faced some of the most complex and challenging circumstances. By harnessing the power of fully funded placements and targeted outreach activities available in the UK’s independent and boarding schools, we provide educational opportunities that are transformational for young lives, and in so doing seek to create a sustained ‘ripple-effect’ of growing aspirations and achievements across underserved communities and vulnerable groups.
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and bright graduate as a crucial member of our Programmes Team. The Programmes Officer’s role is to coordinate a range of projects relating to the identification and support to children/young people provided with the opportunity to attend boarding and day schools through the bursary programme. You will join a small, close-knit team of 14 staff all passionate about the role that independent and state boarding education can play in lifting the life chances of the most underserved and vulnerable children. The role has a broad remit to support all those in the Programmes Team and so offers exciting opportunities to gain a strong understanding of all aspects of the charity’s work.
Key Responsibilities:
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coordinate and co-manage the applications and recommending to available school placements of pupils in the partnerships programme
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assist in the development and implementation of exemplary “wrap-around” care and support for all pupils supported by RNCSF
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have full regard to RNCSF’s policies and procedures and uphold RNCSF’s reputation, aims and values
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This position is full time.
Reports to: RNCSF’s Head of Partnerships
Annual Salary range: £25,000 - £30,000
Start date: as soon as possible
Location: This role can be offered on a hybrid basis. RNCSF’s hybrid workers are located at our offices in Shepherds Bush, West London (a shared educational charity office hub) on 2 days per week. Significant UK travel may be required for pupil home and school visits.
Benefits: Auto-enrolment in the NEST pension scheme (details available on request) and 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays. RNCSF is an organisation dedicated to the development and progression of our staff, and our competency framework outlines progression metrics and associated salary banding so team members can see what is required to move up the banding.
Right to Work: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Given the responsibilities of this role the offer of employment will be conditional on an enhanced DBS Check. You are required to declare any criminal convictions ahead of this DBS Check.
We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We especially encourage applications from people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, those with lived experience of our programmes, and people who have experienced forms of exclusion or marginalisation. Particular weighting will be given to former beneficiaries of the charity or those with relatable life experiences.
How to Apply
Please submit a cover letter and CV through the Charity Job portal
Your cover letter should answer the following questions and be no longer than 1 ½ A4 sides:
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Why do you want to be part of the Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation team?
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Give examples of how you meet the experience, skills and technical competencies set out in this Job Description and Person Specification.
Application deadline: 3rd April 2024
Successful candidates will be notified by 17th April 2024. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 29th April 2024, in person at our offices in London, W12.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you experienced in implementing Health and Safety policies, knowledgeable about buildings and can be hands on as well as strategic – all while making a difference to families, children and young people experiencing homelessness? If so, then come and join us!
We are looking to recruit a Facilities Manager for our site in South Westminster. The site is one of our most important resources and enables us to provide accommodation for up to 39 young people as well as excellent services to homeless children, families and young people.
This is an exciting and varied role in our Central Services team that will partner closely with the Director of Finance and Operations. You will be responsible for delivering a safe and secure living environment for the young people in our Hostel and Supported living accommodation as well as ensuring that our offices are maintained to a high standard and provide a place of welcome to our clients. You will also act as the organisation’s health and safety officer and manage a budget of approximately £250k for facilities management.
Please refer to the job description for further information. In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The Centre requires job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a DBS check. This post requires an enhanced DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a digitally-savvy finance professional keen to put your accounting experience to good use, in a purpose-driven organisation? We’re looking for a new colleague to join our supportive and friendly team. Action Hampshire, a support organisation for the VCSE sector, has an exciting new opportunity!
We are recruiting for a Finance Officer. You’ll play a key role in our organisation, maintaining accurate and up to date financial accounting procedures and records, providing oversight to ensure effective financial controls are in place, improving and streamlining our financial processes and procedures, supporting our Finance Administrator and wider team. There is scope to learn and develop in this role, and to get involved in other aspects of the organisation that are a good fit for your strengths and interests.
s a strengths-based organisation, we value the unique contributions each member of our team brings and our organisational culture emphasises coaching and leadership over management. We’re committed to inclusivity, equity and to the wellbeing and safety of our team. This role offers a high degree of flexibility in working hours and can be delivered remotely, apart from bimonthly coworking or away days in Hampshire. You’ll have the opportunity to set your own development goals and targets and receive support to achieve them. Joining a friendly and supportive team, you’ll be able to manage your own time and work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues and contractors. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your strengths to other parts of the organisation too.
Key tasks include (see job description for a full list of tasks):
- Maintain accurate ledgers
- Prepare cash flow reports and oversee movement of assets
- Monitor investment funds and oversee movement of funds
- Ensure accuracy of monthly payroll
- Carry out bank reconciliations
- Maintain up to date financial policies
- Support colleagues with preparing and monitoring budgets
- Act as coach for finance administrator
We’re looking for a partial or fully qualified finance professional with practical experience, ideally in a UK charity environment. We use Xero and associated tools, so it’s helpful if you know that system – or have the ability to quickly pick it up. We’ve been on a journey to digitise and automate our finance processes over the past couple of years and we’re looking for someone who is keen to continue improving our processes. You’ll need to be detail-oriented and committed to making sure we follow our own policies and procedures, and act in accordance with relevant legislation. We’re a purpose-driven organisation and would love to find someone who shares our passion for supporting local communities.
For almost 75 years, we’ve supported communities across Hampshire. Today, our mission focuses on strengthening the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, supporting communities to raise their voices, and doing all we can to reduce disadvantage and celebrate diversity across Hampshire. Our responsive approach means we work across a wide range of issues relevant to our communities, from increasing the availability of rural affordable housing to ensuring cancer awareness messaging reaches seldom heard communities.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our talented, ambitious and friendly team. Our new 3-year strategy sets out clear goals and actions which we’ll achieve together. Our leadership team are embedding a culture of learning, experimentation and development. Our team is caring, collaborative and driven by our values of being bold, enterprising, informative, and empowering. We very much welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith or disability. We are a Living Wage employer and Disability Confident.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
CEO (Age UK Sutton)
Age UK Sutton (AUKS) is an independent, local charity with a turnover of around £1.4m. The charity is a brand partner of Age UK, and as such benefits from membership of a network of similar independent charities across the UK, whilst being able to maintain a focus on local issues in the London Borough of Sutton.
As the CEO, you will be working with a dedicated and experienced support network that includes the Chair and the wider Board of Trustees.
Overarching roles and responsibilities
The key purposes and elements of the Chief Executive role are:
- Supporting the Board in delivering its charitable objectives efficiently and effectively, complying with all its legal and regulatory obligations and maintaining high standards of corporate governance;
- Working with the Board to shape the organisational strategy and to oversee its delivery, ensuring the success and sustainability of AUKS as both a charity and a business;
- Maximising efficient use of all AUKS’ human, financial and other resources;
- Ensuring the range of services offered by AUKS is appropriately matched to the needs of local older people and sufficiently funded;
- Building strategic partnerships and managing AUKS’ external relationships both locally and nationally.
- Be a champion for equity, diversity and inclusion, understanding the demographics and specific needs of local older people, and promoting diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
The following is not an exhaustive list but identifies the most significant duties which link to the responsibilities described above.
- Working with the Chair and Board of trustees
- Resource management
- AUKS Services
- External relationships
- Continuous Professional Development
Person Specification
Essential experience, qualifications and attributes for the post are demonstrable ability to:
- Inspire, lead and motivate people towards the achievement of excellence;
- Be values-driven and compassionate
- Think strategically and translate strategy into measurable objectives underpinned by robust measurement systems;
- Recognise needs and opportunities in the development of services;
- Manage day-to-day operations to a firm budget with effective systems of financial management, control and reporting;
- Employ detailed knowledge of the charity sector and related funding issues including identifying and developing new sources of voluntary income;
- Manage organisational change and restructuring effectively and sensitively, including introducing new services / closing down services, staff redeployment and TUPE
- Work effectively with external partners, stakeholders and a governing Board;
- An affinity for older people and championing their needs.
It would also be highly desirable for candidates to have:
- Knowledge of NHS and local authority / public sector context, and implications for commissioned services
- Commercial acumen, developing and marketing paid-for services
- An understanding of the implications of digital developments for older people.
Eastside People is supporting Age UK Sutton in the recruitment for this role. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter, which should address the points in the Person Specification.
Please note that we will focus on your demonstrable experience and potential in the above areas and do not expect candidates to have experience in all responsibilities outlined in the Job Description.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustments so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Thursday 18 April 2024. An informal discussion with a number of stakeholders will take place on 6 or 7 May, and interviews will take place later that week or week beginning 13 May 2024.
Our commitment to diversity
As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
About Age UK Sutton
Age UK Sutton (AUKS) is an independent, local charity with a turnover of around £1.4m. The charity is a brand partner of Age UK, and as such benefits from membership of a network of similar independent charities across the UK, whilst being able to maintain a focus on local issues in the London Borough of Sutton.
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5
Benefits: 25 days annual leave
Closing date 18-04-2024
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We're looking for a temporary Revenue & Income Officer to join Your Place and be part of our dedicated team to help us with our mission to solve homelessness in east London, one person at a time!
About the role
Based within the Resident Services team, the Revenue Officer will play a critical role to help deliver an effective and high performing rent collection and recovery service in accordance with legislation, the organisation’s policies, set performance targets and customer satisfaction requirements.
In collaboration with the RSM and RI Team Leader and Finance Team to ensure that Your Place are compliant with all regulations and using robust policy and procedures. Support with the set up of the new Pyramid system and ensuring the right systems are in place to effectively manage the Revenue and Income stream and arrears of the organisation.
Maximising the organisation’s Revenue and Income by liaising with both internal and external partners including the Resident Services, Keyworkers, HB, DWP and directly with residents., and effectively managing the arrears.
This role will also manage the impact of welfare reform provisions, ensuring an effective advice and support service to residents to manage risk on revenue and income levels.
Contract: Temporary Contract (until September 2024)
Hours: Monday - Friday 37.5 hours
Location: Canning Town, London
Other responsibilities include
- Investigating and support clients with Housing Benefit Appeals
- To support our project to transfer all accounts from Inform to Pyramid
- Investigate and support to manage Overpayment Claims from Housing Benefit
- Ensure rent accounts are up to date and correct. Checking HB entitlements against PC rates and requesting adjustments accordingly.
- Chasing ex resident arrears
- To manage resident rent and accommodation charge accounts and other former resident debts, on a regular basis identifying trends and patterns on individual accounts and then liaise with Support Workers or residents to rectify income issues and address arrears in line with policies and procedures
- To contribute towards the continuous improvement of performance in line with the organisation’s service plan targets
- To work collaboratively and closely with the Finance officer and Revenue and Income Team Leader to ensure all rent accounts tally.
About you
- Demonstrable experience of working in a supported housing environment in a similar or related role for at least 5 years
- GSCE (or equivalent) in English and Maths
- Experience of working with software applications including Microsoft office and bespoke IT Systems.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and priorities workloads.
- Able to take ownership and deliver excellent customer service in a professional and confident manner
- Demonstrate a positive, flexible approach to team working.
- Ability to communicate with residents and colleagues effectively.
- Ability to provide customer focused and responsive services.
- Willingness to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service
- Patient and pro-active
- Commitment to the Your Place values including diversity and inclusion
- Housing or a related qualification - desirable but not essential
About applying
When applying don't forget to answer the questions in our application process to tell us more about how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience to be successful in this role.
At Your Place, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better resident outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is a great time to join the team at Haven House, our Community & Events team are working on a new strategy to increase income and engagement with our local community. This new and exciting role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to work across our community and event income lines, taking responsibility for raising income from a wide variety of supporters. We’re looking for an individual who can hit the ground running, complimenting a team that proactively develops and drives our community and events portfolio. We are looking for someone with lots of energy, hard working and someone who enjoys working within a colbrative team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are currently recruiting a Grants and Community Officer, which is an exciting role with the community driven charitable foundation of a globally renowned sporting event.
This charitable foundation provides grants and works with charity partners to provide opportunities and positive development for people from disadvantaged communities, tackling social issues, mental health, active lives and using the power of sport to develop life skills for young people. The Foundation continues to grow and last year awarded over £3.3m in grants and donations to more than 100 charitable organisations. It has a rich selection of programmes, including core-cost and multi-year partnerships which support needs locally, nationally, and internationally, with a focus on the community based in South West London in particular.
The role:
The Grants and Community Officer is a key member of the Foundation team who will be responsible for managing a portfolio of grants, including some of the Foundation’s multi-year funds. The Grants and Community Officer will establish and maintain strong relationships with its charity partners and support the delivery of a Funder Plus suite of support.
In addition, this person will support with the development and implementation of new grant processes, and grant schemes as required to support the growth of the Foundation and respond to the needs of our communities and produce high quality monitoring and impact reports for a range of audiences. This person will also ensure the smooth running and maintenance of the grant management database.
An interesting aspect of this important role is that you will build up a network of contacts at charitable organisations and local stakeholders and be an external representative of the Foundation locally in Merton and Wandsworth. This will include visiting funded organisations, contributing to stakeholder meetings and feeding the learning back to the Foundation team.
Full time role, 35 hours per week (There will be occasional local travel, evening and weekend working within this post).
Hybrid working, with three-days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) at the office in South West London.
The person:
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience within a grant making environment, including a track record of administering grants. They will have an interest and enthusiasm for the Foundation’s work, goals, and values. This person will also have a strong understanding of what it takes to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders including voluntary sector organisations, community groups and peer funders. Excellent interpersonal skills, an effective communicator with outstanding written skills, this person will be comfortable operating within both community and corporate settings. You will be a real team player who is able to work successfully within a small and focused team. You will also be highly numerate with the ability to analyse and summarise complex information and figures, in addition to having a clear interest and drive to work in the voluntary sector.
Ideally you will have experience using grant management databases, in particular Salesforce, Form Assembly and Microsoft Office Suite.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact George Cook at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
Grants Officer
- Full time, Permanent
- £31,525 - £34,306 per annum
- Benefits include generous pension scheme, medical and dental insurance, regular staff socials, a flexible working policy and regular staff recognition awards
- 25 days holiday (plus 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year)
- 4pm finish Fridays
- Central London office location (Covent Garden), hybrid working available
OVERVIEW
Do you have administrative experience, empathy, and the desire to make a difference to the lives of people of all ages? Would you like to build your skillset within a friendly, lively and supportive team? If so, the Masonic Charitable Foundation would love to hear from you!
The Masonic Charitable Foundation provides many areas of support to, and on behalf of, the Masonic community, including providing support for Freemasons and their families during times of adversity and uncertainty.
As a Grants Officer, you will assess applications from individuals and families for wide-ranging support including help with daily living costs, education, medical, mobility aids and breaks for carers. You’ll employ your analytical, written and numerical skills to complete financial assessments, schedule payments, prepare reports for decision makers and update the grants system.
A natural team player, you’ll support your colleagues and prioritise the needs of the team. As you’ll make your own funding decisions as well as participating in decision making panels and taking calls from applicants and stakeholders, you’ll have confidence, strong interpersonal and customer service skills, and the ability to work within set guidelines.
You’ll receive the support of your peers, a Senior Grants Officer and your Team Leader. Previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous, but what we value most are the right skills and a passion to make a difference.
MAIN DUTIES
- To process applications for assistance from individuals and families.
- To approve grants within delegated authority levels and to write reports for escalated decision making.
- To ensure the grants system records are accurate and up to date.
- To work with colleagues, stakeholders and external suppliers to provide an excellent service to applicants.
- To analyse sometimes complex financial and family situations, and interpret the scope of support that may be available to applicants.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
- Excellent customer service skills, including empathy and adaptability
- Exceptional written skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills, including active listening skills, speaking with confidence and using appropriate language to suit varying audiences
- High level of numeracy to use, interpret and communicate the outcome of our financial assessments
- Ability to prioritise, organise and manage own workload whilst working as part of a larger team
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships, internally and with stakeholders
- Outstanding attention to detail, including being able to identify weaknesses in own skills set and areas for personal development
- Ability to understand and apply policy
- IT skills, particularly MS Office
Desirable
- Experience of grant processing and/or assessment
- Good understanding of UK state benefits
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification. Please note that we will be unable to consider your application without a covering letter.
Deadline for applications: 9am 2 April 2024
Interviews: w/c 8 April 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like to join the Membership Directorate of a leading UK Charity? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for a Membership Compliance Officer who will be one of three integral Officers within the Membership Compliance and Policy team.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
This role will be responsible for the coordination of compliance, membership policy and support to the Membership Council, Working Groups and Central Services Administration activities. The role delivers branch and county compliance, ensuring the adhesion to relevant policies and procedures.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Maintain a register of all membership policies, procedures, and forms, coordinating regular and ad-hoc reviews and edits of all
- Manage the compliance database, ensuring that data is consistent
- Produce compliance statistics and reports for Membership Council
- Instigate and lead in the preparation of a communications plan relating to the announcement of any changes made to membership policies, procedures and forms and ensure that communications are aligned with the annual calendar of activities
- Be the first point of contact for queries on membership policies and procedures, providing advice and support to staff and members
At the Royal British Legion, our 200,000 strong membership plays a vital role in supporting the work that we do. Members build relationships. They share experiences with like-minded people, and have a say in the way we run the Legion by voting throughour branch network, but most importantly, membership exists so our Armed Forces family has friends and allies standing by them in every community.
You will be contracted to our London, Haig House Hub. Under our Future Working framework, there will be some flexibility for working remotely/at home, using our collaboration tools to work with colleagues but with a minimum expectation of two days/week connecting directly face-to-face with colleagues at the hub based at Haig House in London.
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
Here at RBL, we aim to support our people and their wellbeing, with a package including generous paid holiday allowance and pension scheme contributions, and a range of optional benefits and discounts.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
Closing Date: Tuesday 9th April 2024
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families.
We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
The Training and Conference Officer will sit within the Education and Training Division at Anna Freud, which provides a wide range of learning opportunities for people in the sphere of mental health, from short courses, events, diplomas and post-graduate courses.
They will join a friendly and supportive team working on digital transformation, and specifically on implementing a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Salesforce and Learning Management System.
They will work closely with colleagues from other teams and divisions, supporting the design, testing, development and maintenance of new systems. They will work closely with the Training, Conferences and Events Team on gathering requirements, creating and overseeing team-specific processes and resolving CRM issues.
The ideal candidate should have previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment. Some previous experience of Salesforce is desirable. They will have strong organisational and analytical skills and good communication skills for liaising with a wide range of stakeholders.
Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, either at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH) or our Northern Hub (Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5AD).
Contract duration
12-month fixed term
Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday, 12 April 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews
Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 17 April 2024
How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.