This is an exciting new developmental role, whose principle purpose is to recruit, engage and co-ordinate a group of local young people with the aim of enabling and empowering them to ensure their voices are heard and bring about change. This may include increasing their levels of confidence, improving their communication skills and improving their ability to self-advocate.  We envisage that the young people engaged will develop new projects and services in response to their needs and that of the local community.

Big Local SW11 along with 5 charities that make up the BLSW11 Alliance are working together for the young people of Battersea.  This role will include working across the 5 charities along with other voluntary organisations in Battersea.

Whilst ‘Battersea Youth Voice’ will be open to all young people, the Coordinator’s main role will be to target those young people that have been marginalised, deemed of as ‘hard to reach’ and who rarely have their voices heard.

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. We work every day around the world to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. 

We are seeking two dynamic self-starters and team players with a proven track record of initiative to join our Global Media Unit, which leads on securing international media coverage for the important work we do to improve children's lives. You will drive global media coverage, with a focus on our work saving children in humanitarian disasters, and on ongoing development issues.

As Global Media Manager you will generate media activity in international media, in line with our organisational priorities. You will act as key focal point for media management at time of humanitarian disasters, coordinating media responses across multiple countries, as well as large global international launches and influencing opportunities. In addition you will:

Maintain a strong network of contacts with international journalists as well as identify and build key international partnerships
Collaborate across advocacy, policy and fundraising, taking the lead in preparing external communication products that align divisions and reflect our key messaging
Influence Save the Children's campaign and advocacy plans to help achieve media objectives
Liaise closely with Save the Children member media teams across the world and develop strong, positive relationships
Contribute to out of hours media rota
Be a spokesperson on Save the Children issues 

To be successful you will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to convey complex information quickly and concisely. You will have significant experience as a news journalist or a press officer in an international setting, with a track record of excellent coverage delivered to deadline and a clear understanding of digital and social media. You will be a self-starter and strong team player who is able to work both independently and collaboratively often managing competing priorities, . 

In addition you will have:

A degree in journalism, communications, international development or related field, or equivalent work experience
Experience working for an international NGO (preferred)
Excellent writing skills for press releases, media briefings, opinion pieces and the crafting of key messages
Demonstrable ability to work to tight deadlines, juggling several priorities at once
Strong and demonstrable experience in working on multimedia for news purposes
Knowledge of key international and child development and rights issues and debates
Strong verbal communication skills & ability to do broadcast interviews
Strong knowledge of different needs for variety of influential international media outlets
Experience in working with or for international news outlets
Ability to pitch stories persuasively
Experience in working in a complex organizational model, serving and working to multiple stakeholders at once and using influence to drive preferred outcomes
Experience in living and or working in high risk locations, with a strong understanding of risks and mitigations
Excellent knowledge of social media, including a track-record of working with or for news agencies to amplify news work on social channels
Experience of project managing complex media outcomes across different outlets and across different countries 
The ability to travel at short notice—often to developing and or insecure contexts, occasionally in difficult working environments—is essential. Fluency in a second language and ability to collect multimedia content (photos and video) would be an advantage.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

At Save the Children our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Tuesday 14th July

Service Manager - Mother and Baby Unit
HMP Styal, Wilmslow

About Us

We are Family Action, a national charity committed to building stronger families and brighter lives by delivering innovative and effective services and support that reaches out to many of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

Our HMP Styal Mother and Baby Unit provides support services and Ofsted registered nursery provision for up to nine mothers and their babies. This unique service ensures children have the best possible start in life to achieve their full potential. Mothers are provided with a range of interventions and support, including enhanced attachment and parental skills, to achieve their aspirations and be confident parents.

The strategic aims of the service for mothers, babies and pregnant women are to:

- Make a positive difference to their lives, both in terms of outcomes and experience of services
- Enable them to build and maintain positive relationships
- Reduce reoffending and the social, economic and emotional impact
- Increase their access to support networks in their communities

We are now looking for a Service Manager to lead the delivery of the HMP Styal Mother and Baby Unit.

The Benefits

- Salary of £34,373 - £38,353 per annum
- Leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- Full induction and ongoing quality training
- The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
- Flexible working hours
- Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision

This is the ideal role for an individual with safeguarding experience and a track record of delivering positive outcomes for children and families to make a real impact on the first stages of life for babies and their mothers in prison.

We’ve got a great set of values that we operate by: people focus, mutual respect, excellence in all we do and a can-do attitude. Couple these with our strong benefits package and the chance to make a huge difference to both mothers and babies and you’ll discover a highly compelling reason to join Family Action and lead an exceptional service.

The Role

As the Service Manager, you will be tasked with managing the family support provision for women and babies on the unit and overseeing the support pathway for all pregnant women at HMP Styal.

Managing and supervising a small team of family support, therapeutic and admin staff, you will ensure that the service offers high quality parenting and family support interventions. You’ll make sure that positive attachments and resilient parenting is promoted and the on-site nursery provision supports positive outcomes for mothers and babies.

You will develop and maintain partnerships across HMP Styal including with the MBU Nursery Manager and ensure the service is robust, co-ordinated and focuses on safeguarding and risk management.

About You

To be considered as the Service Manager, you will need:

- Extensive experience of undertaking a safeguarding role and of assessing and managing safeguarding and other risk issues
- Experience of working in services that deliver and can evidence positive outcomes for children and families
- Experience of managing staff including supervision, appraisals, team and budget management
- Experience of complex case planning and co-ordination within a multi-disciplinary arena to achieve best outcomes for children and families
- Experience of monitoring, evaluating and reviewing service performance and outcomes
- A recognised professional qualification in social work, social care or health or equivalent experience and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development

Other organisations may call this role Nursery Services Manager, Mother and Baby Unit Manager, MBU Manager, Senior Mother and Baby Unit Practitioner, Charity Service Manager, or Support Service Manager.

The closing date for this role is midnight on the 10th July 2020. Interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing the 20th July 2020.

Please note, this is a 7 days per week service, 52 weeks of the year. There is an expectation of regular evening and weekend on-call responsibility and occasional back up cover attached to the role, which is reflected in the salary.

Webrecruit and Family Action are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Service Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Marine Society and Sea Cadets are seeking to appoint a Virtual Learning Content Manager. You will join us on a permanent basis based in London (temporarily homebased). In return you will receive a competitive salary of £31,000-£34,500 Gross per annum

Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a leading maritime charity in lifelong learning and personal development and is the governing charity of the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), a civilian voluntary youth organisation engaging some 15,000 young people over 400 Sea Cadet Units, throughout the UK.  The SCC offers a wide range of youth opportunities with the same enduring objective – to give young people the best possible head start in life through nautical adventure and fun.

We are seeking a Virtual Learning Content Manager - Key areas will focus on:

- Leading and managing on the creation of all digital and virtual learning content for the learning directorate

- The promotion of, and consultation on digital learning across the organisation

- Project management of long term digital learning projects

- Closely working with the Communications Team to assist in the creation of online materials

Experience and skills you’ll need as our Virtual Learning Content Manager will include:

- A full understanding of, and experience in using e-learning creation tools and Learning

- Management Systems including creating SCORM activities

- Awareness of trends in the e-learning industry

- Understanding of learning methodologies, styles and e-learning standards

- Experience of managing, creating, delivering and maintaining e-learning

- Knowledge of best practice in accessibility and the creation of user-centred resources

- Experience of working collaboratively to create elearning material

- Educated to degree level in either or have the equivalent recognised training qualification/s with ability to translate the theoretical basis

- Experience in the innovative application of elearning technologies

- Demonstrable skills in the production of high quality e-learning materials using common authoring tools and technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript

- Experience in visual design, editing, filming and web video

In return as our Virtual Learning Content Manager you will receive:

- Pension Scheme

- Life Insurance

- Private Medical Insurance

- Employee Assistance Programme

- season ticket loans

- Eye Care

Closing date: Monday 29th June 2020 12pm
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

If you would like to join the team as our Virtual Learning Content Manager then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

The NSPCC is dedicated to the fight for every childhood and the Strategy Unit plays a vital role in developing and implementing research that will help transform society as well as drive innovation to help keep children safe.

The Senior Manager will have excellent communication and influencing skills, strong project management skills, able to work at pace and with efficiency and be an inspiring team leader. The role holder will lead key projects tackling the distribution of child sexual abuse material, working in conjunction with organisations to help keep children safe from sexual abuse online. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who have practical experiencing working with children.

Registered Cluster Manager

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

Join us as a registered manager with Hft and you’ll develop your social care career with one of the leading names in the learning disabilities sector. You’ll go to work each day knowing you can make a real difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities.

There’s no such thing as a typical day here. As a registered manager, you will be responsible for leading a cluster of services, inspiring your team and putting the tools in place to ensure your services are safe, caring, effective and well led. This is a great opportunity to gain registered status, take on new responsibilities and build your management and leadership skills.

You’ll be managing teams of people and using Hft’s unique, person-centred model to support adults with learning disabilities, enabling them to lead enjoyable, fulfilling lives. We give our registered managers significant accountability and opportunity. This is a key role and you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities across several different supported living and residential support services.

Responsibilities cover people management, legislation, compliance and finance. You’ll be managing your own business unit, with accountability to your Regional Manager, who will offer guidance and support.

You will care about how you work in partnership with others, working closely with the people Hft supports and their families, along with your Hft colleagues, local authorities and other agencies. You’ll speak out for the people we support, negotiating the best possible support contracts. You’ll have great scope to innovate, network and make the most of collaborative opportunities.

Salary: Up to £31,499 pa

Job Type: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours

Location: Lancashire

Requirements:

This is a demanding role for someone who is ready to step up and take their leadership and management skills to the next level. You need to have a Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People Level 5 or equivalent. If not, you will need to be able to achieve this, with our support, within your first 12 months. You’ll also need experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, ideally with people with complex needs. Experience of supervising and managing a team is essential.

You’ll need to ensure that support from your registered services meets all the relevant fundamental standards and you’ll need to demonstrate you understand your legal responsibilities and know what to do to ensure a service is compliant.

A full, current UK/EU driving licence is also essential.

What we Offer

The career development opportunities are excellent. With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in our teams to ensure they have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support others to live the best life possible. Your registration and induction process will start as soon as you join

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance. Apprenticeships - gain a fully funded Level 5 Diploma in Health & Social Care whilst earning

Closing date: 4th July 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Registered Manager, Service Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Registered Cluster Manager, Social Care, Supervisor, Team Leader, Not For Profit, Team Leader, Senior Support Worker, Deputy Service Manager, Learning Disabilities, Senior Support Worker etc.

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH WORKER x 2 – MALE*

NORTH MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Full-Time, 40 hours per week, Fixed Term Contract to August 2021

Salary £26,388 p.a. (inc London Allowance)

Youth violence is a problem that significantly affects young people, their families and entire communities. At Oasis, we believe that violence can be prevented by taking a holistic public health approach. Oasis Community Hub Hadley encompasses a range of integrated and diverse community projects which together have a common aim to bring transformation to the whole person and the whole community. Through this holistic approach we have been instrumental in shaping the way young people are supported after experiencing trauma, violence or aggression.

Oasis Youth Support at North Middlesex Hospital is just one of our projects and provides an early intervention and trauma informed approach to tackle the drivers of violent behaviour. We are seeking two dedicated Youth Development Outreach Workers (Male*) to accompany young people who attend North Middlesex Hospital A&E department due to a violent or aggressive incident, on their journey to make positive choices with the aim of breaking the cycle of violence.

The primary purpose of the role is to participate in a youth outreach service, working with young people who come into the A&E department either as a victim or perpetrator of a violent crime.

You will be part of a large team based at the hospital and supported by the Youth Support Project Coordinator, as well as the wider Community Hub Team based in Ponders End, Enfield.

The key responsibilities within the role are:

• Support young people and develop a bespoke mentoring programme that meets their needs.
• Develop and evaluate a model of care that enables young people to benefit from community based interventions.
• Ensure new referrals are received and passed on in a timely manner.
• Assisting the team by facilitating high quality information gathering/sharing to track the support given and the success of the project.

You could be successful in this role if you: 

• Are passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives
• Are a people person with fantastic communication skills
• Have the ability to build positive relationships with young people as well as professionals
• Possess or training towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g. JNC, QTS, QSW), or can demonstrate relevant experience.
• Have experience of working in a youth/community setting affected by youth crime.
• Experience of mentoring / supporting young people
• Are self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative and organise your own time

This role is a challenging but very rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young members of society who are living in challenging circumstances. 

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

*Due to the work context of this role there is an Occupational Requirement to be male (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 1).

Closing date for completed applications is 9am Monday 20th July 2020.

Interviews will be held week commencing 6th August at Enfield, North London.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487

Inclusion Manager
Main Working Location: Denmark Road, Carshalton
Salary Range: £41,275 - £46,496
Permanent: 37 Hours per Week
 

This is an exciting period of change for the local area, with reviews in progress on current inclusion practice and policy, a High Needs Block review and the development of services. In addition, changes have been made in the Cognus structure to support this work and to provide dedicated inclusion and SEN support, to ensure we are providing the most appropriate and effective support for children and young people in our area.

Cognus is at a very exciting moment in its evolution, to support this, we are looking for an Inclusion Manager who will have responsibility for several teams who directly deliver support to children, young people, parents, carers and schools.

If you are seeking a significant challenge and have a strong track record of delivering or leading teams support services, delivering within a culture of empowerment, and excellence and operating in a cycle of continuous improvement then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for a professional and experienced individual who is passionate about the inclusion of children and young people in education and society. An individual that enjoys a varied workload, can lead multiple teams, is organised, creative, flexible and has excellent people skills.  You will be tasked with the necessary reporting, performance management and line management responsibilities, and importantly you will bring energy and inspire those you lead and have the ability to build relationships across the local area. You will be able to deliver with excellence.

This role will work closely with the Head of Inclusion and multi-agency partners that include senior leaders in both primary and secondary schools, the Local Authority, Social Care, multi-agency partners, other providers as well as Cognus teams. You must be confident and effective communicator and be comfortable working through complex issues with Head Teachers, Senior Leadership Teams and other organisations and be experienced in working in a multi-agency environment.

Whilst we continue to work in line with legislation and best practice we are ambitious about developing the local area inclusion agenda and are looking for an individual who is able to think creatively and flexibility about delivering statutory duties, while maintaining a focus on inclusive practice and the best outcomes for the children, young people and families that we support.

Constituted in November 2016 as a company limited by shares, Cognus is jointly owned by the London Borough of Sutton (LBS) and several Sutton schools.

You will give us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including:

1. regular support and supervision;
2. an excellent group of leaders as colleagues;
3. excellent CPD opportunities;
4. flexible working;
5. workplace pension scheme;
6. salary £41,275 to £46,496 per annum (COLI pending for 2019/20);
7. 28 days annual leave (inclusive of three between Xmas & New Year); 

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and covering note (of no more than two sides, minimum font size 11) outlining how you meet the person specification. The deadline for receipt is midnight on Sunday 19th July 2020. Candidates are requested to be available on the 28th July 2020 for interview  For an informal conversation about the role please contact Helen Gasparelli, Head of Inclusion.

All offers of employment are subject to successful completion of recruitment formalities which includes an enhanced DBS check. These checks must have been completed prior to commencement of employment. We expect our staff to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the Company and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.

We have several other roles we are recruiting to at different levels within Cognus. Please get in touch for an informal conversation about these and other opportunities if you or anyone else you know may be interested in working with us.

We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and is at the heart of all that we do.  We are on a journey, taking all possible steps to ensure that our churches and worshipping communities are truly a place where all are safe and can flourish. 

The Diocesan Safeguarding team plays a key role in promoting a culture of safeguarding across the Diocese of Guildford through our communications, management of incidents and cases, training and DBS activity. 

We are seeking a Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor to join our team. The primary purpose of the role is to advise on safeguarding issues, cases and incidents, ensuring that all advice is in line with the law, government guidance and the Church of England safeguarding policies and practice guidance.

The role is a busy and varied one, in which every day is different. It is for 28 hours per week with some out of hours support and will require travelling around the diocese to support parishes and their teams.

Our salaries are competitive within the charity sector with a generous non-contributory pension provision. Due to the Covid pandemic, we are currently able to work remotely from the safety of our own homes, but once we are able to return, we have an attractive, open-plan office and surroundings at Church House Guildford (with free parking available).

If you have extensive safeguarding experience and a passion to join us in our journey to promote a safe environment for all, we would like to hear from you. Your application should consist of a completed application form and supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for interest, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements. The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 12 July 2020, midnight.

We look forward to hearing from you!

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending.

In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. Central to this will be a highly accessible website that shows what works to reduce youth violence and what doesn’t. This website – which we call a ‘toolkit’ – will summarise, in a highly accessible way, decades of academic research.

You will be part of building this toolkit.

Key responsibilities

Most fundamentally, your job is to build and maintain a high quality, highly accessible and highly up to date body of research. This will include the production of a Toolkit that shows what works and what doesn’t in reducing youth violence and our wider evidence synthesis function. To achieve this, you will:

• Be a key part of the team tasked with the content production for the toolkit and how we synthesise and summarise existing evidence into accessible information on if specific practices and interventions are effective in reducing youth violence. 
• Build and maintain a highly effective working relationship with external stakeholders and partners.
• Review and write content for the Toolkit that is 100% plain English. You will make it your mission to ensure that only easy-to-understand content is on the website and that things are written with incredibly clarity.
• Listen hard to the priority audiences for the Toolkit so that you know how you can always be looking to improve it. You will build a real understanding of how Violence Reduction Units, Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayoral Combined Authorities, Local Authorities, Whitehall and Welsh Government officials and Youth Sector umbrella bodies think and make decisions.
• Ensure that all of our work at the Youth Endowment Fund is informed by the cutting-edge knowledge that you are building. You will ensure the toolkit can best inform new funding rounds that the Fund is launching so that we can always have the best possible clear understanding of what the existing evidence says.

About You

You are this sort of person:

• You have produced high quality and highly accessible research. You are very well respected for the quality of research that you produced and the impact that that research had. The outputs you produced rarely just sat on a shelf. They were discussed, debated and led to change happening. You have an established track record of managing a wide range of research.

• You will have a post-graduate (Masters or PhD) qualification. This is in a relevant field such social science, social policy, public health, health services or other field, with a significant quantitative component, or relevant experience equivalent to Masters qualification.
   
• You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English. You avoid jargon. If something is complicated, you are good at explaining it.

• You will have significant technical expertise in evaluation methods and evidence synthesis. This will include RCTs, QEDs, and knowledge and experience of evidence synthesis approaches such as metanalyses and systematic reviews. You will combine this with experience of communicating complex evidence and analysis in a simple and accessible format to non-experts.

• You are very at ease with data: You are highly numerate and very comfortable working with complex data sets and advanced analytical techniques.
• You make change happen. You have experience of delivering results. You especially excel in situations of ambiguity where there are not clear rules to follow, previous patterns to copy or clear evidence of what will work. You care about evidence and information, but you are just as passionate about making change happen because of that information.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
• You are fascinated and thoughtful on how people engage with information. You have the cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence and experience to find the ways to make present information so that people find it engaging, use it, recommend it to others and return to it. You understand why people resist making evidence-based decisions. You come alive talking about to make information and evidence really accessible so that people change what they do.
• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of youth violence.
• You are at ease with policy makers. You are very comfortable and experienced talking to and exploring policies with policy makers whether junior civil servants, senior civil servants or advisers. You are very effective in these conversations.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

You may have:

• A good level of knowledge and understanding of crime or serious violence. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, and can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts.

While it is not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

To apply, please send a CV, cover letter and the monitoring form from our careers page by midnight, 12th July, 2020.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

First round interviews will take place in the week commencing 20th July.

Second round interviews will take place in the week commencing 27th July.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
 

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
 

Due to an internal promotion, we are excited to be recruiting another Programme Officer to build on the great work the charity is doing and to help us achieve more. Right to Succeed is all about bringing the community together to transform outcomes for children. Why? Because we believe every child deserves the right to succeed, no matter where they live.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent organisational and people skills who will be the reliable, positive, “go-to” person for a number of our programme teams. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting our high quality local and national Programme Delivery. This role provides an exciting opportunity to be part of an ambitious, passionate team committed to overcoming inequity and improving outcomes for children and young people.

We are keen to encourage applications from those with lived experience of overcoming one or more of the issues our programmes seek to address, as we understand the extra value that this brings to our programme delivery.

The succesful candidate will play an integral role in supporting staff across multiple programmes with a core focus on ensuring the programmes have the administrative support to enable them to effectively deliver high quality programmes that deliver maximum impact within their respective areas. 

The core objectives of the role include, but are not limited to: 

1. Supporting high quality programme delivery 

2. Supporting strategic and operational relationships 

3. Robust programme administration

4. Supporting programme related external and internal communications activity

The role will initially be a 12-month fixed term contract, but will ideally be extended/become permanent subject to funding.

Please note, due to Covid-19s, we will be carrying out interviews by video-call and the successful candidate will initially be required to work from home (home working equipment provided). 

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending.

In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. Central to this will be a highly accessible evidence repository that shows what works to reduce youth violence and what doesn’t. This website – which we call a ‘toolkit’ – will summarise, in a highly accessible way, decades of academic research.

It is your job to make this toolkit a reality.

Key responsibilities

Most fundamentally, your job is to ensure that the Youth Endowment Fund builds and maintains a high quality, highly accessible and highly up to date body of research. This will include leading the production of a Toolkit that shows what works and what doesn’t in reducing youth violence and our wider evidence synthesis function. To achieve this, you will:

• Lead on content production for the toolkit by designing and overseeing how we synthesise and summarise existing evidence into accessible information on, if specific practices and interventions are effective in reducing youth violence
• Build and maintain a highly effective working relationship with external stakeholders and partners
• Ensure that the design of the Toolkit is highly accessible and user friendly. To do this you will commission and work with an external design agency. You will ensure that we make fantastic decisions about the best way to present information so that people tell others how useful and insightful the Toolkit is and how helpful they have found it in making decisions about how to spend money on reducing youth violence.
• Working with a senior researcher, review and write content for the Toolkit that is 100% plain English. You will make it your mission to ensure that only easy-to-understand content is on the website and that things are written with incredible clarity.
• Listen hard to the priority audiences for the Toolkit so that you know how you can always be looking to improve it. You will build a real understanding of how Violence Reduction Units, Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayoral Combined Authorities, Local Authorities, Whitehall and Welsh Government officials and Youth Sector umbrella bodies think and make decisions.
• Ensure that all of our work at the Youth Endowment Fund is informed by the cutting-edge knowledge that you are building. You will time work for the toolkit and wider synthesis work so that it can best inform new funding rounds so that we can always have the best possible understanding of what the existing evidence says.
• As a senior member of staff in the organisation you will also:
  • Build and lead your team, providing clear direction, agility, high-quality outputs and a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
  • Support leading the organisation as a senior staff member helping to inform the strategy, deliver results and build and model the culture that we need to succeed.

About You

You are this sort of person:

• You have led teams that produced high quality and highly accessible research. You have led a team that was very well respected for the quality of research that it produced and the impact that that research had. The outputs your team produced rarely just sat on a shelf. They were discussed, debated and led to change happening.

• You will have a post-graduate (Masters or PhD) qualification. This is in a relevant field such social science, social policy, public health, health services or other field, with a significant quantitative component, or relevant experience equivalent to Masters qualification.
   
• You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English. You avoid jargon. If something is complicated, you are good at explaining it.
   
• You will have significant technical expertise in evidence synthesis  and evaluation methods. This will include RCTs, QEDs, and knowledge and experience of evidence synthesis approaches such as metanalyses and systematic reviews. You will combine this with experience of communicating complex evidence and analysis in a simple and accessible format to non-experts.

• You are very at ease with data : You are highly numerate and very comfortable working with complex data sets and advanced analytical techniques.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
• You are fascinated and thoughtful on how people engage with information. You have the cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence and experience to find the ways to make present information so that people find it engaging, use it, recommend it to others and return to it. You understand why people resist making evidence-based decisions. You come alive talking about to make information and evidence really accessible so that people change what they do.
• You are an excellent strategic thinker. People say that you are good at seeing the big picture. You have experience of wrestling into place a strategy for a project or organisation. You are good at thinking logically but you are also creative. You have ideas but are happy rejecting a lot of them. You like seeing things from different points of view.
• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of youth violence.
• You are at ease with policy makers. You are very comfortable and experienced talking to and exploring policies with policy makers whether junior civil servants, senior civil servants, or advisers. You are very effective in these conversations
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

While it is not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

To apply, please send a CV, cover letter and the monitoring form from our careers page by midnight, 12th July, 2020.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

First round interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 20th July.

Second round interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 27th July

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
 

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
 

About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending.

Over the last few years, evidence suggests that growing numbers of children and young people have been affected by violent crime. More children have been found carrying knives and a growing number have been recorded as victims. We believe that each individual child is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. Founded by youth charity Impetus and its partners the Early Intervention Foundation and the Social Investment Business, we exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

Making this happen is a massive challenge. We will only succeed if we build a fantastic body of knowledge about youth violence and make it very accessible. This knowledge must be rigorous but also highly relevant to those making decisions about how to support vulnerable young people.  We need to be excellent at finding out what works and what doesn’t, at building a deep understanding of the lives of vulnerable young people and at using data and data science to map and predict violent crime.                

We are looking for someone to build and lead the team to do this.

Key responsibilities

Most fundamentally, your job is to ensure that the Youth Endowment Fund builds and shares a deep understanding of youth violence. To do this, you will:

• Lead a high-performing team of researchers and building with them a culture of intellectual rigour, compassion for children who feel unsafe, determination to get to the facts, ambition for what can be learnt, humility about what we know and what we don’t, passion for the importance of evidence-based decision-making and very high quality, easy to understand communication.
• Create a single hub of knowledge about youth violence which includes
• A highly accessible, regularly updated ‘toolkit’ which summarises what works to prevent and reduce youth violence
• A clear picture of the lives and experiences of young people and their families who are most vulnerable to youth violence
• An up to date view of levels, trends and spread of youth violence and an understanding of their drivers
• Spread this knowledge far and wide by ensuring that you and your team
  • Produce easy to understand but rigorous briefings and reports
  • Make the case that evidence must be used when deciding how to support vulnerable young people.
  • Build and maintain close relationships with our top priority audiences which include Violence Reduction Units, Local Authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners, Elected Mayors, Local Authorities, Whitehall and Welsh Government Officials and Youth Sector umbrella bodies.
  • Maintain regular repeating meetings with Ministers across government
• Ensure that all our work at the Youth Endowment Fund is informed by the cutting-edge knowledge that you are building. Before we launch a new funding round you make sure that we have a very clear understanding of what existing evidence says.
• As a senior leader in the organisation you will also:
  • Build and lead your team, providing clear direction, agility, high-quality outputs and a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
  • Lead the organisation as a core member of the Leadership Team, setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.

About You

You are this sort of person:

• You have a good level of knowledge and understanding of crime or serious violence. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic, are seen as credible and will be very at ease discussing it with experts.
• You have led teams that produced high quality, accessible research which can drive change. You have led a team that was very well respected for the quality of research that it produced and the impact that that research had. You know how to get evidence used and are familiar with the methods for doing this.  The outputs your team produced rarely just sat on a shelf. They were discussed, debated and led to change happening.
• You are a real expert on evidence standards and evaluation. You have a real expertise in the evidence standards that underpin a What Works Centre’s activity. Ideally this would include expertise in the standards used to guide evaluation design and analytical choices in individual evaluations, as well as the standards needed to carry out evidence synthesis.
• You are very at ease with data and have a real interest in data science: You are highly numerate and very comfortable with data. You may not be an expert but you have a real interest in data science and machine learning and how it might be used to help understand, predict and prevent crime.
• You make change happen. You have experience of leading people and teams in delivering results. You especially excel in situations of ambiguity where there are not clear rules to follow, previous patterns to copy or clear evidence of what will work. You care about evidence and information but you are just as passionate about making change happen because of that information.
• You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You have built good relationships with very senior people and with very junior people. You are comfortable talking to a Secretary of State, a leading professor of criminology, a youth worker, a company CEO, a teacher and a 15-year-old student. Listening to people from all backgrounds matters to you.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
• You are fascinated and thoughtful on how people engage with information. You have the cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence and experience to find the ways to make present information so that people find it engaging, use it, recommend it to others and return to it. You are thoughtful and interested on what we can learn from behavioural science on how people make decisions. You understand why people resist making evidence-based decisions and interested in how to disrupt this. You come alive talking about to make information and evidence really accessible so that people change what they do.
• You are an excellent strategic thinker. People say that you are good at seeing the big picture. You have experience of wrestling into place a strategy for a project or organisation. You are good at thinking logically but you are also creative. You have ideas but are happy rejecting a lot of them. You like seeing things from different points of view.
• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of youth violence.
• You are at ease with policy makers. You are very comfortable and experienced talking to and exploring policies with policy makers whether junior civil servants, senior civil servants, advisers or Ministers. You are very effective in these conversations and good at communicating often complex research evidence very simply. 
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

While it is not a criteria, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.

It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

To Apply

Apply by 9am 12th July 2020

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

Interview week commencing 20th July

Panel interview week commencing 27th July

Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
 

Scripure Union is seeking a Major Donor Fundraiser, to help deliver an ambitious growth in income to support the work of Scripture Union in England and Wales. The successful candidate will:

• be an experienced major donor fundraiser who has a sound knowledge of the UK Christian marketplace and the attitudes and motivations of Christian donors.
• be an excellent communicator with a proven track record in project managing and major donor campaigns.
• have proven track record of personally soliciting high value gifts from major donors and of developing long term relationships.
• have experience of arranging events and organising high-profile meetings with senior colleagues, stakeholders, and donors.
• have excellent networking, negotiation and influencing skills.
• be an enthusiastic team player and be competent at working effectively on your own, as well as part of a team.

If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. For more details or to apply, please visit our website and submit your CV and a covering letter.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Adelaide Nketsia, HR Officer

Closing date:17 July 2020 

Interview date: To be confirmed

Interview Location: On Microsoft Teams