Jobs in the local voluntary sector
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Spotlight
- Administrator – Magpie Dance
- Bromley Mind - Honorary Treasurer
- Bromley Mind - Head of Services
- Lewisham Dementia Information and Support Service
QuickLinks
- Advocacy for All - 2 posts
- Mytime Leisure - Play & Childcare Childcare Manager
- Bexley Voluntary Service Council Volunteer Centre
- Small Groups Worker (Monitoring & Evaluation)
- Health Improvement Advisor – Communities
- Centre Manager Relate Bromley
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Magpie Dance is an inclusive contemporary dance company and has carved out a national reputation for its exciting and inspiring approach to inclusive and creative dance. At the forefront of dance for learning disabled people, Magpie seeks to unlock individual potential and ability, giving people the space to make their own choices and to take ownership of what they achieve.
Magpie Dance seeks a highly skilled and experienced Administrator to support the General Manager with the day to day running of the company. The company has a very busy and exciting year ahead! The post is based at Magpie’s office at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, and is 20 hours a week (4 hours a day, during office hours), Monday to Friday (employed status). You will have a minimum of 2 years proven administration experience, exceptional communication and IT skills, good organisational and time management and be able to hit the ground running.
To apply, please contact Lizz Fort, General Manager (maternity cover) for an application pack by emailing lizzfort@magpiedance.org.uk. For more information, please call 020 8290 6633. First round interviews will be held on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th February. Second interviews to be confirmed.
CLOSING DATE: Monday 20th February, 5pm
www.magpiedance.org.uk. Registered charity No. 1062185. Co Limited by Guarantee No. 3292609
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Bromley Mind: Honorary Treasurer
Voluntary (expenses paid)
Time commitment: Approx 1 day per month
Based in London Boroughs of Bromley and Lewisham
Bromley Mind works to enhance and enrich the quality of life of people with mental health needs and dementia. Services are provided in three strands: Mental Health services support recovery and social inclusion, Working for Wellbeing services offer psychological therapies and MindCare provides person-centred dementia care.
We are planning the succession of this key role with handover in the spring. Your strategic financial skills and commitment to mental health will help this dynamic social care charity sustain growth and excellence. You will work closely with the Head of Finance in advising the Board and senior managers on financial resources and systems needed and financial implications of our strategic
Trustees’ expenses are paid and the role offers full induction with further training and networking opportunities.
For an application pack, contact Sandi Lowing, Chief Executive T: 01689 606204
e: sandi.lowing@bromleymind.org.uk
w: www.bromleymind.org.uk
Closing date: Applications considered as received
Expected interview date: By mutual arrangement
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£40,000pa • 37.5 hours per week
Based in Orpington
Bromley Mind is a dynamic, successful provider of mental health and dementia services with a reputation locally and nationally for quality and innovation. Success in attracting new funding has enabled us to continue to grow despite a challenging financial climate.
We are looking for an experienced leader and manager with the skills to take forward our diverse services. As a key member of the Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for service delivery across the organisation, and play a central role in the strategic and business development of Bromley Mind.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have a strong track record in senior management, including leading service and project development, supervising and developing staff. You will have specific experience in providing services for people with mental health needs and/or dementia, preparing tenders and/or funding bids and leading teams through service transformation.
You will be an excellent communicator, able to enthuse and motivate people within and outside our organisation.
Closing date: 12.00pm on Tuesday 7 February 2012
Likely interview date: Friday 17 February 2012
More details and an application pack can be downloaded from our website
http://www.bromleymind.org.uk/work-for-us/current-vacancies#head-of-services
Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau check
Bromley Mind is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from candidates with personal experience of mental health needs
Registered Charity: 1082972
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Lewisham Dementia Information and Support Service
Bromley Mind works to enhance and enrich the quality of life of people with mental health needs and dementia. Bromley Mind’s Specialist dementia provider MindCare is delivering an exciting new service for people with dementia in Lewisham. The service is delivered in close partnership with the Lewisham Memory Service
Volunteer Co-ordinator
£14,400 p.a. • 22.5 hours per week
• 2 year fixed term contract •London Borough of Lewisham
The Co-ordinator will be responsible for recruiting, training and providing initial support to volunteers delivering a range of individual and group support to people with dementia accessing the Lewisham Memory Service (LMS) provision. In doing this they will draw on Bromley Mind’s extensive experience in supporting volunteers.
The working days for this post will be Monday, Tuesday and either Thursday or Friday.
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 17 February 2012
Likely interview date: Friday 2 March 2012
More details and an application pack can be downloaded from our website
http://www.bromleymind.org.uk/work-for-us/current-vacancies
Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau check
Bromley Mind is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from candidates with personal experience of mental health needs
Registered Charity: 1082972
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Advocacy for All - 2 posts
Development & Operations Manager Ref: D01
£30,991 + 5% pension • Full-time
A dynamic, self motivated person with good communication skills needed to meet the remit of this demanding new role. Extensive experience of developing projects and services is required to meet the significant growth of the organisation.
Project Development Co ordinator: Ref: BX2
For older people living in Bexley
£21,120 (actual) + 5% pension • 28 hours per week • Bexley
An energetic, enthusiastic approach is essential to lead in the development and promotion of this new innovative project. To support older people to access new opportunities and gain new skills and experiences to enhance their lives.
Previous applicants need not apply.
For more information and an application pack, please visit
www.advocacyforall.org.uk or email: info@advocacyforall.org.uk
Closing date: 6th February 2012.
Advocacy for all is an equal opportunities employer. Charity No: 1064855.
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Term time only, 38 weeks per year, 36 hours per week.
Salary: £18,208
Mytime Leisure provide a variety of children’s programmes and Ofsted registered childcare services across Bromley including after school & breakfast clubs, holiday daycamps and leisure centre crèches.
We are looking for an experienced childcare professional to be responsible for the management and development of Mytime Leisure childcare services. Safeguarding children is a priority to Mytime Leisure, you will be responsible for ensuring safeguarding and related policies are up to date and implemented across the company.
You will have experience working with children, delivering high quality Ofsted registered childcare services and managing teams.
A childcare or equivalent qualification is essential at a minimum of Level 4.
Level 3, may be accepted if you have significant experience in the Playwork sector.
As part of safer recruitment, you will be subject to satisfactory references, health and enhanced Criminal Records Bureau clearances.
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
Apply on-line at www.mytimeactive.org.ukor call 01689 883806 for an application pack.
Closing date: 31 January 2012
Interviews will take place week commencing 6 February 2012
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Database Administrator – 18hrs pw
Starting Salary £8,740.00 p.a. (including OLW) NJC Scale 3 point 14
(Funded to 31st March 2013)
Duties will primarily involve email responses to volunteer enquiries and inputting organisations and opportunities onto our database. He/she will also assist with general office duties, telephone enquiries and administrative support for our Drop-In service.
The successful candidate will need to have at least one year’s experience of office administration. They will be proficient in using Microsoft Word and emails with preferably some experience of Excel spreadsheets. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work on their own initiative will also be required. Training on our in-house database will be provided.
We are looking for someone to work during our core hours of 10.00am – 4.00pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We intend to seek funding to continue this post beyond 31st March if possible.
Application forms and further information available from our website – www.bvsc.co.uk - or from BVSC on 0208 304 0911.
Closing date is 12.00 Noon 3rd February 2012.
Interviews will take place on Monday 20th February 2012
Charity No. 279880 Company Limited by Guarantee 1501746 Funded by City Bridge Trust
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Salary Scale: £15,885 (Actual Salary - All Inclusive)
Post Type: Part-time (18 hours)
The Asian Resource Centre of Croydon Ltd (ARCC) is a charitable company which aims to serve the needs of the Asian community living in the Borough of Croydon as a whole regardless of religious, linguistic or cultural differences.
We are looking to recruit a skilled and innovative person to deliver our Monitoring and Evaluation Project for Asian community groups in Croydon with the aim of creating an even vibrant and strategically focused Asian voluntary sector.
You must have at least three years of working experience in the field of voluntary sector training and outreach work preferably with Asian communities.
Applications on a job-share basis are acceptable. Asian Resource Centre of Croydon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This post is funded by Trust for London.
For full details about the post please download the full application pack from the ARCC website http://arccltd.com/Trust-For-London-Job.php.
The application should reach us by 5pm on Tuesday 31st January 2012. All the completed application forms only should be emailed to recruitment@arccltd.com for all other queries please email info@arccltd.com
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Centre Manager Relate Bromley
Hours of work - 26 hour per week, by arrangement, with a salary range of £18,942 - £21,542 depending on experience.
Relate Bromley plays a key role in the community, helping local people to build better couple and family relationships. We are looking for a Centre Manager to lead our team of staff, counsellors and volunteers, balancing a commitment to the ethos of the charity with sound business judgement and strategic planning.
Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, the Centre Manager will lead the organisation through a period of development to ensure our Centre continues to provide relationship support, and that over time broader sections of the local community are able to access our services.
The ideal candidate will:
- be passionate about helping individuals, couples and families, and become a strong advocate for Relate's work, building relationships with key partners and funders.
- will have the experience to manage and lead a collaborative team of 3 part-time staff, 16 counsellors and 20 volunteers.
- have strong management skills and play a key role in helping the Centre respond to changes across the wider Relate federation, developing best practice and managing an organisation that provides high quality, customer focused services.
Relate Bromley is committed to helping individuals to improve their relationships, creating a safe space to talk and listen with experienced counsellors who will provide non judgemental support. Last year our counsellors saw over 2,200 individuals. Couples and families come to the Centre, or use our outreach services for many reasons from struggling with financial pressures to sexual problems to domestic violence.
“Relate really helped us, the counsellor was great, thank you. Our experience was highly positive and I feel it really saved our relationship at a time when we were close to giving up.” ( Anonymous Client, 2011)
Over recent years Relate Bromley has consolidated its work to ensure the organisation weathered the economic downfall. We are now looking for an individual that will help take us into a period of growth, identifying new streams of funding and new opportunities to open up our services to different individuals across Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich.
Additional details:
The post will be based at Relate Bromley's Centre in the town centre of Bromley
Please email recruitment@relate-bromley.org for details of application process.
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Health Improvement Advisor – Communities
Permanent post, 30 hours per week – part time and job share arrangements considered
Band 6 £29,357-£38,540 pro rata pa inc
Based in the London Borough of Bromley (BR3 1DU)
Do you want to make a difference? Bromley Healthcare is looking for someone who is committed to reducing health inequalities, with the skills and experience to work alongside marginalised communities across the borough, particularly Gypsies, Travellers and migrants. Your role will be to develop and deliver new initiatives that will encourage healthy lifestyles and the uptake of preventative health services, such as immunisation. You will also support other health and social care staff to work effectively with these groups. We are looking for:
- a relevant degree or equivalent experience;
- a background in health promotion;
- community development skills;
- a successful track record of setting up health projects in community settings.
- an excellent communicator with knowledge of community health services
For more information, and to apply, go to www.jobs.nhs.uk using reference number J76-BHC206
Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company. For more information about us visit www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
Community House, South Street, Bromley, Kent BR1 1RH
Tel: 020 8315 1900
Fax: 020 8315 1924
Registered charity no: 1045255, Company limited by guarantee No: 3020127