We’re currently developing a new 8 year strategy and are looking for a new HR Business Partner with experience of TUPE. This role will be based in our Bury office, but will require significant travel throughout the North of England.

You’ll support a range of Assistant Directors and other key managers mainly in the North of England, and will be responsible for:

Joint accountability of the success of your client area ensuring that the people and the finances are well-understood
Contributing to and implementing organisational initiatives and reviews
Building line management capacity to manage the employment relationship brilliantly
Getting involved in business change management such as TUPE transfers
Building powerful relationships with key line managers
Providing clear and insightful advice, working closely with colleagues in HR Operations, Organisation Development, Internal Communications, Volunteer Development and other HR Business Partners, to ensure that advice is consistent.
We’re seeking a confident, self-starter who is hands-on and has an operational approach. You’ll be experienced in TUPE transfers and will be familiar with and have successfully operated as part of a business partnership model with a high preference for getting stuck in and providing good operational support.

You’ll be able to evidence the following skills and experience:

Experience and understanding of managing transfers, ideally in the public and/or not-for-profit sectors
A good working knowledge of TUPE legislation from an implementation and risk management perspective
A good working knowledge of pensions schemes, particularly those in the public sector
A good solid grounding in a range of HR management issues including performance management, recruitment and selection and employee relations issues
Sound change management skills
Good partnership working skills, internally and externally, and good mediation and influencing skills
Ability to be remotely managed
Ability to travel and stay overnight, where needed.
The Children’s Society is one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for in the public and not-for-profit sectors.

As well as a strong commitment to your development, we offer a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.

To apply, please visit www.playyourpart.co.uk or call us on 0207 841 4559 quoting ref: xxxxxx.

Closing date: 16h February 2012.

Shop Manager
£15,484 - £17,636 pa
Based in Dawlish, Devon
37 hours per week including Saturdays
Are you ready for a new challenge? If you have retail management experience and are looking for a role that will allow you to make a real difference - to your branch, to your local community and to disadvantaged children and young people, this position could be for you.
As a Shop Manager for The Children's Society, you'll need the following skills:
• Recruitment, training and people skills to build and lead a diverse team of volunteers
• The drive to achieve financial targets through the proactive sourcing of stock, efficient preparation of stock for sale and high standards of shop presentation
• Ability to remain customer focused and deliver excellent service standards
• An organised approach to administration and experience managing
Health & Safety.

To apply, please visit WWW.playyourpart.co.uk in the first instance, or call us on 0207 8414561 quoting ref: R02398

Please note that CVs will not be accepted. You must apply for the role as stated above quoting the appropriate Children’s Society reference number.

Closing date: 20th February 2012

All recruitment documents are available in alternative formats.

We strive to be an aim to be an equal opportunities employer.

Charity Registration No: 221124

The Children's Society are looking for a regional fundraiser who will have responsibility for raising income by developing volunteer relationships and organising relevant events within their specified geographical area.

Based at home and working to a regional fundraising manager, this is a fantastic opportunity for a fundraiser to enhance his/her skills and take a lead role in the development of regional fundraising in the area.

Our ideal candidate will have community fundraising experience or be working in advertising, marketing or sales. Whatever your background you will be enthusiastic, have excellent communication skills, a track record in account management, be commercially astute and proven to be target driven. You will also have initiative, flair and enthusiasm for the work of The Children's Society.

This role requires you to be able to travel across your geographical patch of responsibility, work evenings and weekends with occasional requirement for overnight stays.

Project Worker
£22,128 - £25,207 pa
Based in Newcastle, 15 hours per week
Interview will be held on 13/02/2012
The Children’s Society wants to create a society where children are valued, respected and happy. We are committed to helping disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, including children in care, or those who have run away. We give a voice to disabled children so their needs are met in ways suited to them. Through our work, young carers find time away from their responsibilities, and young refugees have a chance to rebuild their lives in new communities. Children are at the heart of all we do, and we want to build a better childhood for every child.

The Children’s Society’s SMART Project supports refugee, asylum seeking and migrant families, and young people living in Newcastle. Your work will involve providing targeted support to these children and families with challenges they face such as dealing with discrimination, poverty, poor mental health, maintaining self-esteem and the fear of being deported.

Our model of support incorporates the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and work can range from helping service users to read and understand their correspondence, supporting them to access relevant services in the city, structured development of parenting skills, and generally building their trust in our project as a ‘first port of call’ if they need support.

You’ll be able to demonstrate skills and experience in building excellent relationships with people facing hardship, as well as assessing, planning and delivering action plans that address the issues that children, young people and parents have identified.

An understanding of the issues facing people within these communities is important, and you must be a good communicator, equally effective whether relating to young people or their parents/carers.

For an informal discussion please contact the SMART Project on 0191 256 5037.

From this key position, you’ll will support and help to formulate an exciting strategy in which you will aim to grow a portfolio of loyal, multi-faceted corporate partnerships. You will draw on opportunities and expertise from around our organisation to create, deliver and manage successful, sustainable relationships.

The responsibilities are varied but predominately include securing new business, account management/development of existing corporate supporters and supporting regional and retail colleagues to develop their network of corporate supporters.

You will be a self-starter, and have the have energy, initiative and people skills required to inspire confidence and deliver results following a period of change and restructure within the organisation.

Location: West Hampstead
Hours to be worked : (The position is 28 hrs p/w. Working days flexible to be agreed with Shop Manager but will inc. Saturdays and Sundays on a rota basis)

As a Assistant Shop Manager for The Children's Society, you'll need the following skills:

• Recruitment, training and people skills to build and lead a diverse team of volunteers
• The drive to achieve financial targets through the proactive sourcing of stock, efficient preparation of stock for sale and high standards of
shop presentation
• Ability to remain customer focused and deliver excellent servicen standards
• An organised approach to administration and experience managing Health & Safety.

This exciting new project sits under the Safe Choices Programme umbrella and aims to work with the most vulnerable young women who are leaving custody or leaving care. This partnership project brings together the expertise of The Children’s Society and nia to work in all London boroughs with young women leaving custody and 6 London boroughs per year with young women leaving care. This project is funded by the Big Lottery Youth in Focus programme until 2016.

As Sessional Project Worker you’ll lead the work with young people in the boroughs south of the river Thames. You’ll be responsible for the development and delivery of all young women’s work and co-deliver group work with the Project Worker. You’ll also develop and deliver training to professionals.

You’ll have a relevant qualification within the field of education, social work or youth work, or equivalent and have significant experience of working with vulnerable young people leaving care and leaving custody and significant experience of serious youth violence, including gangs and sexual violence.

Hours of work will be on an ‘as and when’ required basis.

This post requires potential travel to all London boroughs and occasional travel outside London.

For an informal discussion please call Geraldine Boyles on 0207 358 2017.

As well as a strong commitment to your development, we offer a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.

Due to the intensive support involved in this post, this is open to women only. Section 7(2)e of the Sex Discrimination Act exemption applies.

This exciting new project sits under the Safe Choices Programme umbrella and aims to work with the most vulnerable young women who are leaving custody or leaving care. This partnership project brings together the expertise of The Children’s Society and nia to work in all London boroughs with young women leaving custody and 6 London boroughs per year with young women leaving care. This project is funded by the Big Lottery Youth in Focus programme until 2016.

We are looking for an inspirational and passionate individual to take up a critical role within the Direct Marketing team at The Children’s Society. You will play an integral role in helping us deliver our annual fundraising plan to raise over £8.5 million of income from individuals. In addition you'll have significant responsibility and plenty of opportunity to implement your ideas

In order to take our retention programme to the next level you will have significant experience in delivering innovative customer/supporter retention campaigns over a variety of platforms such as email, SMS, social media, telephone & direct mail. It is expected that you'll have strong marketing experience preferably within a direct marketing or charity environment and be able to work from you own initiative.. A passion for fundraising is essential as is an interest in pursuing a career in direct marketing.