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Role: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Location: working across Bognor and Chichester offices

Salary: up to £25,165 (WTE)

To apply for this role, please submit a covering letter and current CV to careers@mysistershouse.info. Please explain why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre for a Community and Events Fundraising Officer to join our small but extremely dynamic team. Working as part of the Fundraising and Communication Team.

Ideally, candidates should have:

·       Minimum three years in a fundraising environment or in an Events and PR/customer-facing environment and knowledge of the legalities of public fundraising activities

·       Excellent interpersonal skills; good communication and presentation skills; enthusiastic and flexible

·       Ability to organise, delegate and prioritise workloads; ability to work as part of a team

·       Resilience and adaptability with a passion to see women’s lives transformed

·       Ability to act with integrity and accountability

·       Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability

·       Knowledge and understanding of GDPR, confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and the promotion of equalities

·       IT literate and confident with using technology including databases and Microsoft Office 365

·       Full UK driving licence

Currently, the Fundraising and Communications team comprises one full-time Senior Fundraising and Communication Manager, one part-time Trust and Grants Officer and one part-time Marketing and Communications Officer.

There is a strong commitment within My Sisters’ House to invest in this important area of work and the Community and Events Fundraising Officer - working closely with their Line Manager - will play a significant part in shaping the future of the team. If you are seeking a new challenge in your career then this could be the job you’ve been looking for! 

Applicants need to be able to work flexibly as role will require occasional evening and weekend work.

Owing to the gender specific nature of My Sisters’ House service provision, being female is a genuine occupational requirement under Paragraph 27, Schedule 3 of the Equality Act 2010.

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Role: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours excluding breaks)

Location: working across Bognor and Chichester offices

Salary: up to £27,066.00

An exciting opportunity has arisen at My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre for a Team Lead for our Finance, Benefit & Resettlement service. Applicants should be educated to ‘Degree’ level or equivalent or be able to demonstrate relevant experience, you will either be a Qualified IDVA or committed to attaining this qualification within your first year of employment in this role. You will have experience of managing a team and have excellent people skills.

What is a Team Lead for Finance, Benefits & Resettlement?

Our Finance, Benefits and Resettlement team focuses on empowering women and overcoming barriers to clients living with, fleeing from or who have experienced domestic abuse or other disadvantages. These barriers include finances, benefits, budgeting and housing.

As Team Lead, you will be responsible for a small team of key-workers as well as holding a caseload of clients yourself. Your team will be supporting clients who are living with or who have experienced domestic abuse, you will therefore be able to risk assess and safety plan as well as have an excellent understanding of safeguarding protocols. You will support your staff with their caseloads as well as completing regular case management and supervision with each staff member.

You will be responsible for developing the service, with the voice of our clients at the heart of everything we do and always work in a trauma-informed way. You will be responsible for developing excellent multi-agency relationships and expected to network effectively.

We work with women who have experienced multiple disadvantages, for example, historic domestic abuse, mental ill health, poverty and other traumas.

You will have experience of working with these women and be non-judgmental and trauma-informed at all times.

You will have a passion to see women’s lives transformed.

Ideally, candidates should have:

·       Educated to ‘Degree’ level or equivalent

·       Be a Qualified IDVA or committed to attaining the qualification within the first year of your employment in this role.

·       At least two years’ experience working with women who have experienced multiple disadvantages

·       Experience of managing a team and fantastic people skills

·       Have excellent spoken and written skills

·       Excellent interpersonal skills; kind, compassionate with good communication and presentation skills; enthusiastic, flexible and resilient

·       Ability to act with integrity and accountability

·       Ability to inspire and motivate others to achieve their full potential

·       Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability

·       Strong professional boundaries

·       Knowledge and understanding of the importance of multiagency working and GDPR, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and the promotion of equalities

·       IT literate and confident with using technology including Microsoft 365

·       Ability to prioritise a busy and dynamic workload and be self motivated as well as work well in a team, a positive, can-do attitude is essential

The post is subject to enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Owing to the gender specific nature of My Sisters’ House service provision, being female is a genuine occupational requirement under Paragraph 27, Schedule 3 of the Equality Act 2010.

To apply for this role, please submit a covering letter and current CV to careers@mysistershouse.info. Please include in your cover letter why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate.     

Closing Date: Vacancy to be kept open until the right candidate for the role has been identified.

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