Vacancies, Volunteering & Training

Training: ‘Tender to Win’ Workshop
Date: Tue 24 February 2009
Venue: London Business Development Corporation (LBDC) 312 High Road London N15 4BN
Please email info@lbdc.org.uk or call on 0208 376 6262 to confirm a place as places are limited

Volunteer- Trustee Board Members for London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC)
LVSC are looking for new trustee board members to help lead the organisation up to and beyond its centenary celebrations in 2010. This is a great opportunity to contribute to strategic leadership in a regional voluntary sector body. LVSC is the umbrella organisation supporting London’s voluntary and community sector. The vision is for the voluntary and community sector to play a fully empowered and effective role in the diverse life of London.

They are looking for people with a commitment to working with the sector and knowledge of the issues affecting London. High-level skills in finance, premises or media relations would also be useful.

Trustees are expected to attend five meetings a year in North London. Additional opportunities for involvement include events and sub-committees and they would particularly like to appoint trustees to their finance sub-committee. LVSC encourages applications from skilled people of all backgrounds.

To apply please send your cv and completed diversity monitoring form with a covering letter or email to:

Susan George
LVSC
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA
susan@lvsc.org.uk
Closing date: 13 February 2009, Interviews: 27 February 2009

Vacancy: Head of Policy vacancy, Race on the Agenda
Head of Policy: 32,119 - 42,602 (NJC scale PO2 - PO5, point 35 - 47), 5% pension
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is a social policy think-tank focusing on issues affecting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities and the Third Sector that serves them. ROTA has a vacancy for Head of Policy. This post offers the opportunity to lead on the organisation's policy and research programme working with the experienced and passionate policy team.

Current policy priorities include crime and antisocial behaviour, health inequalities, community cohesion and regional governance. You will need demonstrable knowledge of social policy priorities for the BAME sector and communities. You will also need demonstrable experience of staff and project management as well as experience of fundraising and writing clear and concise reports.
Closing Date for applications: Monday 23rd February 2009 11:00pm (by post or email). Successful candidates will be notified on 27th February to attend an interview on Monday 2nd March 2009. Please contact ROTA on 020 7729 1310 or Email: rota@rota.org.uk.

Training: FREE funding seminars and training for the women's sector
The Women's Resource Centre's (WRC) Building Futures project is supporting women's frontline organisations across London to become financially stronger, resilient and more independent. They will be offering FREE funding training and seminars over the next five years. You will be able to access practical support, tailored to your needs, in areas such as:

How to be more successful in tendering for services, Writing more successful tenders and fundraising bids, How to better engage with funders to ensure more ongoing support, Forming effective partnerships, Social enterprise
The seminars and trainings are FREE and are open to all women's organisations in London (with limited places for those outside of London).
To find out more about any of the events listed below, or about the project in general, please visit the website at www.wrc.org.uk/buildingfutures. In addition, one-to-one support is available for WRC members, so why not join WRC?