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About IofC UK:
Initiatives of Change UK is a movement called to remake the world. We inspire, equip and connect people to take their first step in creating a just, equal, and sustainable society.
Through our unique approach, we have mobilised and empowered people to create personal change leading to global change for over 80 years. We are a faith-based charity that works inclusively with people of all faiths and none.
We work with individuals, groups and organisations to promote trust, ethical leadership and sustainable living. Through our initiatives, campaigns and a network of volunteers we are leading the fight to build stronger communities, a just, peaceful and equal society, a sustainable planet, and an ethical global economy, one step at a time.
The Role:
This post is recruiting an experienced trainer preferably from a refugee background or who has worked with refugees or people who have been displaced. The trainer would be delivering the Sustainable Livelihood module to adult learners which will be looking at enterprise development in building sustainable jobs and income generation opportunities. It supports the triple bottom line model (people, planet and profit). For additional information, please reference the curriculum HERE (page 13).
RRB™ is an ILM Assured capacity-building training programme which provides innovative, meaningful and relevant learning opportunities for settled refugees.
Our programme covers the skills, knowledge and practice required to initiate dialogue for social cohesion, create sustainable livelihoods for resilience and apply ethical leadership for just governance.
RRB™ is designed to strengthen the capability and expertise participants already possess as rebuilders, providing them with the resources and practical tools needed to potentially develop and facilitate workshops within their diaspora communities and countries of origin.
Job Information:
We want to invite applications from trainers with experience in training refugee diaspora and forcibly displaced, marginalised groups in Social Entrepreneurship. For the module descriptor outlined in the RRBTM abridged curriculum here: RRB-Curriculum-Abridged-P3-DOWNLOAD.pdf (iofc.org.uk)
Joining our current Faculty training team, you will join a highly skilled team who delivers excellent workshops in ILM assured Training Curriculum. Our training team is passionate about the learning of our global participants and their learning journey of providing and engaging in RRBTM course workshops that also enrich their roles within the faculty.
If you think you have what it takes to be an RRBTM trainer with the following key qualities, requirements and skills, you might be who we seek.
Essential Requirements:
Your skills and experience should include:
Technical Skills:
Pay: £250 daily rate
The deadline for applications is Saturday 30th of December. Please send your CV with a covering letter stating why you are interested in doing this job, addressed to: comms.uk@iofc.org. Tell us how you meet the requirements of the person specification and how your experience, skills, knowledge, and personal attributes make you the ideal candidate for this role. Please give any other information that you consider relevant.
About IofC UK:
Initiatives of Change UK is a movement called to remake the world. We inspire, equip and connect people to take their first step in creating a just, equal, and sustainable society.
Through our unique approach, we have mobilised and empowered people to create personal change leading to global change for over 80 years. We are a faith-based charity that works inclusively with people of all faiths and none.
We work with individuals, groups and organisations to promote trust, ethical leadership and sustainable living. Through our initiatives, campaigns and a network of volunteers we are leading the fight to build stronger communities, a just, peaceful and equal society, a sustainable planet, and an ethical global economy, one step at a time.
Role Purpose:
The Head of Properties Portfolio will have responsibility for developing and implementing the charity’s strategic plans for its properties portfolio. He or she will be an effective advocate for the charity and its beneficiaries and cultivating excellent stake-holder relations will be an important part of the job.
Overall responsibility for the maintenance and operations of the property portfolio of IofC UK including, but not limited to:
Strategic: dovetail the alignment of IofC UK’s property portfolio with the charity’s vision, and with the commercial maximization of the resource, to serve the mission of the organisation. Advise the charity on proposed development, maintenance or improvement work envisaged for any property within the Portfolio. Develop a costed preventative maintenance plan for each property, to be aligned around IofC UK’s Strategic Plan.
Property portfolio management: work closely with individual property caretakers to co-ordinate management of the individual properties, liaising with the relevant line manager/client to ensure that caretakers fulfil their duty to maintain the property to a high standard, including HSE legal requirements and responsibilities. Also to liaise with the relevant line manager to validate the use of each property as serving the objects of the Charity.
External contractors: responsible for the tendering process and management of all of the property portfolio’s building contractors, subject to the relevant approvals from the board, and project manage all buildings works. Vendor management: ensure vendors are fully qualified ( including warranties and liability insurance levels ) for any works they are employed to carry out on behalf of the charity and its beneficiaries.
Financial management and reporting: keep detailed financial records, prepare, present and control property portfolio budgets. Compile regular reports for stakeholders.
Cost reduction and environmental controls: management of sustainability and environmental initiatives to ensure targets are achieved.
Risk Management: assessing, documenting and mitigating potential risks related to each property, its tenants, the charity and its beneficiaries.
Essential
Desirable
Pay: Commensurate with similar charities, dependent on qualifications and experience.
Please send your CV with a covering letter stating why you are interested in this job, addressed to secretary.uk@iofc.org. Tell us how you meet the requirements of the person specification and how your experience, skills, knowledge and personal attributes make you the ideal candidate for this role. Please give any other information that you consider relevant. The closing date for applications is 6 October 2023. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this role, please contact us at secretary.uk@iofc.org. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. No agencies please. A DBS check, paid for by IofC UK, will be required for the successful candidate, along with two references.