Recruitment Information Pack
Regional Education and Awareness
Executive-
Yorkshire and the Humber
August 2016
£22,950 pa plus £3,000 car allowance (pro rata)
35hrs per week 40.5 weeks per year
WELCOME
Thank you for your interest in joining Teenage Cancer Trust. This pack should give you all of the information you need to help you decide whether you would like to apply to join the Teenage Cancer Trust Education and Awareness Teamin the key role of Regional Education & Awareness Executive for Yorkshire and the Humber.
It’s a great time to join us as there is enormous opportunity to build on Teenage Cancer Trust’s pioneering education programme, which is offered to all schools and colleges throughout the UK and which aims to raise awareness of cancer in young people and to empower them to manage their own health.
WHAT TEENAGE CANCER TRUST DOES
We know how damaging it is to take a young person away from their normal life – their friends, their environment, their ‘stuff’ – and put them in a cancer ward with small children or older people.In fact we know that young people have a much better chance in their fight against cancer if they are treated by experts in teenage cancer, in an environment tailored to their needs. /
So we’re working every day to make that happen. There’s never a good time to get cancer, but for teenagers the timing seems particularly cruel. Young people can get some of the rarest and aggressive forms of cancer. Their rapidly growing bodies work against them, enabling the cancer to grow faster. The emotional upheaval of adolescence can make a cancer diagnosis even harder to cope with. Every day in the UK, seven young people will have to face that diagnosis. At Teenage Cancer Trust we understand that teenage cancer requires specialist care.
UNITS and MEDICAL STAFF
Life in a Teenage Cancer Trust unit is intended to be as close as possible to a young person’s life outside. We involve young people when we plan our units, so you might walk into one and find a game of pool going on, music playing or someone chatting to friends on a webcam.
Being able to talk to people going through exactly what they’re going through makes a huge difference. Over the past 25 years Teenage Cancer Trust has built 29 units across the UK that bring young people with cancer together with loads of new friends their own age so they can support each other.
/ Alongside this is a medical team of teenage cancer specialists who pool knowledge to create a body of expertise that’s second to none. Our Lead Nurses provide clinical care, help develop research, and ensure that standards remain as high as possible.SUPPORT
When a young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole family needs support too. Teenage Cancer Trust’s Family Support Network gives mums, dads, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands and partners the chance to meet other people who understand their situation at every stage of the cancer journey and beyond.
MEDICAL COURSES
We also fund courses for medical professionals at all levels to improve clinical knowledge and understanding about the treatment of young people with cancer.
OUR FUNDRAISING
Our income profile is different to lots of charities in that half of our annual income is delivered by the Regional Fundraising team, around a third from our sector-leading Corporate Partnerships team and other income from our Music, Events and Individual Giving activities.
Since 2008/09 we have increased our income from £8.7m to £15m.
STEPHEN’S STORY
Stephen was supported by Teenage Cancer Trust and received his treatment in the charity’s units in Birmingham as well as attending many of the charity’s peer support events. Stephen had already raised half a million pounds for Teenage Cancer Trust when his health deteriorated and he posted what he thought was his “final Thumbs Up” on Facebook on 22 April 2014. That post received nearly 500,000 likes and over 76,000 shares as people responded to his incredible positivity and selflessness. To date, combining online, text and postal donations with the Gift Aid total, Stephen’s Story has raised over £5.5million for Teenage Cancer Trust and this total continues to rise.
The money was given through nearly 340,000 donations and will be spent on four key areas of Teenage Cancer Trust’s work. These include specialist cancer units, training and development for expert nursing and support staff, information services about cancer for young patients, and peer to peer support events.
OUR CULTURE
We’re smaller than most people think. Despite our growth over the past few years our total staff numbers are around 150 people. This means we are small enough to make decisions quickly and seize opportunities when they arise. It makes working for Teenage Cancer Trust exciting, vibrant and dynamic but it also means that if you are someone who prefers to be given an answer rather than help create the solution, you might not enjoy how we work.
SAFEGUARDING
As a charity that supports teenagers and young adults with cancer, we have a duty to ensure that the young people who benefit from our support are not harmed in any way, and we expect all our staff to share in our commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of young people.
AN OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION AND AWARENESS TEAM
Teenage Cancer Trust’s Education and Awareness programme is a long-established service that remains one of the key priorities for the organisation.
The Education and Awareness team are all home based workers but have a strong sense of team work both within their own team but also with the other regional teams that exist within Teenage Cancer Trust.
The Education and Awareness team have been continuously developing new ways of raising awareness of teenage cancer to young people and welcome new ideas and ways of working and embrace change.
As the Regional Education & Awareness Executive, you will work closely with the Education & Awareness Programme Manager for the North of England and report to them.
The Role of Regional Education and Awareness Executive
The role’s primary focus is to raise awareness of the issues surrounding cancer amongst young people. This will be achieved by building and maintaining relationships with education establishments and delivering presentations/workshops directly to large groups of young people, usually within an educational or youth group setting. You must be an excellent communicator and confident in speaking to and engaging with large groups of young people.
This role will be home based, ideally near Leeds/Wakefield and will cover the Leeds, York, Wakefield, Halifax, Bradford, Hull and Doncaster postcodes. Principally this means you will travel extensively across your patch using your own home as your office base.
The wider North of England team includes an Education & Awareness Programme Manager, a Regional Education & Awareness Executive for the North East and Cumbria, a Regional Education & Awareness Executive for the North West, and representatives from other regional and clinical teams. In addition a Media Relations Manager based in London has specific responsibility for supporting the regional communications plan for the area.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please apply via our website You will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement together as one document. Your supporting statement should explain how you think you meet the requirements of the role and person specification – no more than 2 sides of typed A4.
Closing Date: 5th September 2016
First Interview (phone):14th September 2016
Second Interview:19th September 2016
Job Description & Person Specification
Job Title: Regional Education and Awareness Executive – Yorkshire and Humber
Hours:35 hours (term time only)
Type of Employment: Term time. Permanent.
Dept and Location: Services department. Home-based, preferably near Leeds/Wakefield
Responsible to: Education and Awareness Programme Manager North
Responsible for: No direct reports
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOBTo engage with education and youth centre establishments within the region and to increase and improve knowledge and awareness of the issues relating to young adult cancer among the teenage and young adult population.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Relationship Management and Development
- To identify key education and youth contacts and create, manage and develop relationships with education establishments and networks.
- Research, manage and motivate education and youth establishments to engage with the education programme.
- In partnership with the wider team, actively promote the education programme in your region.
- To work together with internal customers e.g. funded hospital staff, Fundraising, Communications and Services, in the form of the Regional Team Network to ensure mutual understanding of each other’s roles and functions, minimise duplication and promote collaborative working.
- To deliver presentations (usually single-handed) to large groups, as part of the education programme in schools, colleges and other education and youth organisations.
- To maintain regular contact with the Regional Education & Awareness Manager when travelling and working from home.
- Update online outlook diary daily with work activities
- To attend some of the larger events in which the Trust is involved and take the opportunity to generate useful new contacts.
- To act as an ambassador for Teenage Cancer Trust
- To maintain awareness of developments within the national curriculum to facilitate effective joint working with Education institutions
- To use and adapt existing education presentations, following standard presentation guidance and working alongside your manager, to meet the needs of different audiences within education and youth networks.
- To undertake research into new material to ensure that presentations are up-to-date, relevant and cover the key education messages.
- To ensure working practices are aligned with the Teenage Cancer Trust organisational goals and objectives.
- To provide the Regional Education & Awareness Manager with clear, concise and accurate reports as agreed.
- To ensure that individual targets that have been set are achieved.
- To ensure that CARE (the charity’s relationship database) is updated in a timely, accurate and appropriate way at all times.
- To complete and participate in ‘on-the-job’ training to ensure that the highest possible standards are maintained in terms of both knowledge and skills.
- To ensure that all mandatory training sessions are completed
- To ensure that all education activity complies with Teenage Cancer Trust policies and procedures and also the legislative requirements of the territory.
- To work in a collaborative way, both with colleagues from across the charity but also within the sector.
- To work in partnership with the fundraising team and other regional team members, in order to maximise fundraising opportunities.
OTHER DUTIES
- Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post as requested by the manager.
- Carry out the duties of post in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures on Health and Safety and take responsibility for ensuring personal health and safety.
- Work flexibly, prioritise workload and work as part of a team.
- This role has access to the CARE database which holds personal information about the people we support. In addition, this role will have direct access to children in a regulated provision. You will be attending schools more than 4 times in a 30-day period and this role is therefore subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check.
KEY DEPENDENCIES
- Internally-all members of the regional education team and colleagues from across the charity including services, regional fundraising, direct marketing, volunteering, partnership fundraising, supporter care, finance, IT and communications.
- Externally- key supporter groups, organisations and individuals. Relevant professional networks and membership bodies.
Person Specification:
Essential / Preferred / How AssessedQualifications
Educated to A level or level 3 standard or equivalent. / / CV Certificates
Have undergone or prepared to undergo formal training in pertinent areas. i.e. TYA cancer. /
Experience
Have experience working with young people. / / CV
Supporting statements
References
Delivering presentations to large groups of young people. /
Knowledge
Knowledge of TYA cancers, their symptoms and treatments. / / CV
Supporting statements
References
An understanding of and interest in the issues affecting teenagers and young adults with cancer. /
Knowledge of how cancer risk can be reduced. /
Skills & Attributes
The ability to relate to and “connect” with young people. / / CV
Supporting statements
References
Exceptional oral presentation skills with the confidence to speak to a wide variety of audiences of all sizes. /
Excellent written and communication skills with the power to inspire and motivate whilst also delivering clear, concise messages. /
Excellent organisational skills, IT literate. /
Self-motivated and able to prioritise and manage workload /
Attitudes and Values
Organised /
Adaptable /
Able to work on their own initiative /
Excellent communication skills /
Able to prioritise own workload /
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST: STAFF BENEFITS
Annual Leave / 33 days including Bank HolsBeneficial Loan / Up to £300 loan for staff who regularly incur expenses as part of their role. No cost to employee
Car Allowance and
Mileage Allowance / For staff who need to travel as part of their role. Terms as per contract
Childcare Vouchers / Savings made by buying childcare vouchers through a salary sacrifice scheme, which means less tax and NI is paid
Cycle to Work scheme / Access to Govt scheme. Various options. Eligible after successful completion of probation
FurtherEducation & Exams / Paid time off for approved courses. 2 days revision + exam day paid for approved qualifications
Group Income Protection / Provided through Canada Life. 75% of basic salary paid for approved cases paid monthly whilst on long-term sick. Eligible after successful completion of probation, approval is by Canada Life
Group Life Assurance / Provided through Aviva. 2 x annual salary payment if death occurs whilst in service, up to age 65
Group Pension / Provided by AEGON. We match contributions for 1% up to 5%. Payments can be through salary sacrifice, which means savings made on tax and NI will be added to the total contribution.
Maternity leave / Enhanced payment for first 8 weeks of maternity leave. Eligible where Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) applies
Season Ticket Loan / Interest-free loan to staff for purchasing a season ticket for travel to work. Eligible after successful completion of probation
Sabbatical leave / Staff with four years’ service may apply for unpaid sabbatical leave for up to one year.
Westfield Health / Free Health Cash Plan enables recovery towards some health-related costs, eg dentist, opticians. Also, other benefits such as health checks, confidential counselling service, access to telephone consultation with a Doctor, etc
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