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Prisoners Abroad: Trust and Statutory Fundraiser
Date posted: 27 January 2010, Salary: £30,000
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Trust and Statutory Fundraiser to join a unique social welfare charity and use their creativity and initiative to generate income in a way which communicates the organisation's values and builds potential for long term sustainable support. With demonstrable trust and statutory fundraising experience, you will successfully cultivate relationships and increase income from our client’s broad base of trusts and foundations, many of whom have provided support over many years. You will take the lead in researching new income sources from trusts, foundations and other organisations and identify opportunities where their trustees could be approached as part of the charity’s major donor work. Working closely with the Deputy Chief Executive, you will play a key role in securing new statutory contracts for the organisation. For details, click here.

Prisoners Education Trust: Project Evaluator
Prisoners Education Trust is looking for a project evaluator to carry out an evaluation of the Learning Matters project. The evaluation, to be completed over the next 4 -5 months, aims to analyse the achievements and outcomes of the project so far and identify strategies for a second stage. For further details, click here or email.

Women in Prison: Employment Caseworker
Closing date: 24 February, Salary: £24,786 - £26,361 pa (35 hours per week) funded until 31 December 2011
Two London-based vacancies within the Piano Project, a new national project for ex/offenders supporting them into education and employment. Your role will involve the provision of information, advice and guidance to women both in prison and in the community, whilst empowering them to access education, training and employment opportunities. You will have experience of supporting vulnerable women into work and of formulating individual action plans with clients regarding employment/education goals. With excellent communication and assessment skills you will have a sound knowledge of the possible impact of imprisonment on women and their ability to access employment. For more information, click here.

Women in Prison: Employment Engagement Advisor
Closing date: 24 February, Salary: £24,786 - £26,361 pa (35 hours per week) funded until 31 December 2011
You will develop a comprehensive employer brokerage service providing a range of opportunities for women ex/offenders and provide individual support to women accessing employment. You will have extensive experience and success within effective employer engagement, together with extensive experience and knowledge of delivering information, advice and guidance to vulnerable groups. With excellent communication skills you will support employers providing opportunities. Experience of supporting vulnerable women into work and of formulating individual action plans with clients regarding employment/education goals is essential. For more information, click here.

Catch22: Press Officer
Closing date: 25 February 2010, Salary: £25,623 - £28,000
If you're an experienced press officer and you'd like to use your skills to make a difference to young people in difficult situations, think about joining Catch22. Shaping, developing and delivering our media strategy, you'll help us convey strong, positive and consistent messages to a wide range of audiences, raising our profile and making the very most of our fundraising potential. With a track record of working in journalism or a press office environment, you'll have proved yourself capable of handling complex issues and stories and generating positive coverage. The role calls for an understanding of broadcast and print media, the political environment and the third sector. To learn more, click here.

Fawcett Society: Head of Policy and Campaigns
Closing date:26 February 2010, Salary: £35,117 - £40,632
You will lead development of credible policy proposals that both influence current debates and set the agenda for future thinking on realising women's rights. You will also work closely with our CEO to devise campaigns strategies that don't just respond to but shape our changing political and social times. You will have experience devising national policy ideas and campaigns that have affected change, be creative and flexible and able to form and maintain strong relationships within and outside the organisation. For more details, click here.

Fawcett Society: Policy and Campaigns Officer
Closing date:26 February 2010, Salary: £ 26, 375 - £31,604 per annum
You will play a central role in delivering high profile public campaigns, behind the scenes influencing with key decision makers and engaging our supporters and allies to bring about change for women. Previous experience in national and parliamentary campaigning is essential as is an understanding of and in skills in developing and influencing policy. For further information, click here.

INQUEST: Research and Policy Officer
Closing date: 5 March 2010, Starting salary: £32,535 per annum including Inner London Weighting + 8% pension
Join an award-winning organisation highly regarded for its advice, campaigning, research and policy work on deaths in custody and the investigation of contentious deaths. Do you want to influence policy and practice? Are you passionate about independent evidence-based research and making a difference? You will ensure that INQUEST's concerns are fully considered by government, Parliament and other policy makers. More details here.

INQUEST: Caseworker
Closing date: 5 March 2010, Starting salary: £28,771 per annum including Inner London Weighting + 8% pension
Do you have at least two years' experience of advice or support work, excellent verbal and written skills and the ability to work with sensitive issues? You will be part of the small team who help, support and advise bereaved families and identify the wider policy issues that arise from casework. For details, click here.

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