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One Small Thing is growing! Join our ground-breaking team committed to redesigning the justice system for women and their children. As vacancies come up they will be posted below.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
Safer recruitment is central to the safeguarding of adults, children, and young people at risk. One Small Thing is committed to the safeguarding of every individual that we come into contact with through our work and expects all team members to share this commitment.
As part of our recruitment process, a DBS check at the appropriate level for those successful at interview, but this does not necessarily exclude applicants with convictions. For some roles, a vetting and barring check will also be carried out.
ROLE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING OFFICER
HOURS OF WORK: 35 hours per week
SALARY: £30,000 - £35,000
LOCATION: Vauxhall, London. Office based with flexibility of up to 2 days a week remote working.
Do you have experience of identifying and developing opportunities for growing a business or a charity/not-for-profit organisation?
Does developing meaningful relationships and partnerships motivate you?
Can you confidently write funding proposals and reports and work with commissioners?
The Business Development and Funding Officer will work with our Head of Quality, Training and Networks and our Director of Operations to develop our relationships with funders, commissioners and organisations who access our training and consultancy offer. They will play a vital role in our team to ensure we have a programme of work and funding relationships in place to enable us to deliver our mission and support the long-term sustainability of One Small Thing.
You will nurture our existing partnerships and identify and develop relationships that will lead to a stronger client base, for our future trauma-informed training and Quality Mark offering. You will also work closely our Director of Operations, to secure funding opportunities to support our team to deliver our mission.
Ideally, you’ll have previous experience of working within the justice sector and the issues facing justice involved women, however, if you have strong experience of business development, fundraising and partnership building, we’d also love to hear from you. You’ll need to be comfortable with managing your own workload, whilst collaborating with others to make the most of every opportunity to add value. This role will be hybrid, based in London (Vauxhall) and remote.
Benefits
We offer the following employee benefits:
• We are a Real Living Wage Employer
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata
• A day off on your Birthday
• Long Service Award – extra holiday for 3+ years’ service
• A comprehensive induction and training programme
• An unlimited counselling service through our Employment Assistance Programme “OpenUp”, which you can also extend to 3 members of your family.
• Enhanced Company sick pay scheme
• Team member of the month awards
• Refer a Friend Recruitment Bonus
• 5% employer contribution to your NEST Pension, increasing after 3+ years’ service
• Learning & Development opportunities relevant to each role
• Blue Light Discount Scheme
• Team building activities
• Regular collaborative team days
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Tuesday 22nd April 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert at any time if we receive a high volume of applications. Late applications will not be considered. Interviews will be on Monday 28th April 2025. We will only contact those applicants who have been shortlisted for interview. If you have not been contacted by the interview date, then you have unfortunately not been shortlisted.
ROLE: HOUSING PARTNER
HOURS OF WORK: 30 - 37 hours per week
SALARY: £27,000 - £30,000 FTE
LOCATION: Hope Street, Southampton, will be your “base”, however you will be expected to work across our housing portfolio in Hampshire.
Are you passionate about supporting women to find safety, stability, and a place to call home? Are you looking for a role where your work has real impact, where every day offers the chance to change lives?
As our Housing Partner, you’ll play a key role in helping women rebuild their lives through access to safe, supported accommodation. You’ll work closely with our Housing & Resettlement Manager and Admissions & Transitions Lead to make sure every woman referred into our housing pathway receives the highest level of holistic support.
You’ll support women at different stages of their journey, including those moving on from a placement at Hope Street, and those being referred directly from Prison or the community. You’ll help ensure that each woman’s housing history, support needs, and individual risks are fully understood and recorded, so that we can create a safe and supportive environment tailored to her needs.
Your role will include providing housing-related advice, guiding women through their Licence Agreements, and empowering them to understand their rights and responsibilities. You’ll also collaborate with colleagues and external partners to ensure continuity of care and access to wider services.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Who we’re looking for:
We’re looking for someone with a strong track record of providing holistic, person-centred support - ideally to women who have experienced the justice system. You’ll understand the barriers faced by justice-involved women and be confident in navigating sensitive, complex situations. You’ll also be organised, proactive, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a close-knit team.
This is a hybrid role, with time spent at Hope Street in Southampton, across our wider housing portfolio, and working remotely. You’ll be joining a passionate, values-led organisation committed to re-designing the justice system, are trauma-informed and led by compassion.
A requirement of this role will be to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
Benefits
We offer the following employee benefits:
• We are a Real Living Wage Employer
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata
• A day off on your Birthday
• Long Service Award – extra holiday for 3+ years’ service
• A comprehensive induction and training programme
• An unlimited counselling service through our Employment Assistance Programme “OpenUp”, which you can also extend to 3 members of your family.
• Enhanced Company sick pay scheme
• Team member of the month awards
• Refer a Friend Recruitment Bonus
• 5% employer contribution to your NEST Pension, increasing after 3+ years’ service
• Learning & Development opportunities relevant to each role
• Blue Light Discount Scheme
• Team building activities
• Regular collaborative team days
The closing date for applications is 12pm Monday 21st April 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert at any time if we receive a high volume of applications. Late applications will not be considered. Interviews take place during the week commencing Monday 28th April 2025. We will only contact those applicants who have been shortlisted for interview. If you have not been contacted by the interview date, then you have unfortunately not been shortlisted.
ROLE: COMMUNITY PARTNER
HOURS OF WORK: 37 hours per week
SALARY: £27,000 - £30,000 FTE
LOCATION: Hope Street, Southampton.
As a Community Partner, you will be part of a team setting out to deliver this innovative and exciting residential service for women and their children from Hampshire. You will support our residents, working with the women on a personal programme that addresses all their needs in terms of their skills development, health and wellbeing, and in relation to their Community Order.
You will provide support to the women to manage any potential risks that they are exposed to and provide the one-to-one support they need in relation to any other aspect of their lives that they need help with. You will collaborate with the wider team to ensure that you are always up-to-date on the women’s needs and progress, to ensure a consistent approach and network of support for each woman and child at Hope Street.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
A requirement of this role will be to have a driving licence, access to your own vehicle and hold business car insurance.
We reserve the right to assess applications as they are received and to close this advert at any time. We will only contact those applicants who have been shortlisted for interview.
Team member Benefits
We offer the following benefits:
• We are a Real Living Wage Employer
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays – pro rata
• A additional day off on your Birthday
• Long Service Award – extra holiday for 3+ years’ service
• A comprehensive induction and training programme
• An unlimited counselling service through our Employment Assistance Programme “OpenUp”, which you can also extend to 3 members of your family.
• Enhanced sick pay
• Team member of the month awards
• Refer a Friend Recruitment Bonus
• 5% employer contribution to your NEST Pension, increasing after 3+ years’ service
• Learning & Development opportunities relevant to each role
• Blue Light Discount Scheme
• Team building activities
• Regular collaborative team days
Volunteering at Hope Street
We aren’t currently recruiting volunteers for Hope Street at the moment. However, there are some offers of support that will be of help to us. Please feel free to leave your details and offer of support in the form below and we’ll be back in contact with you when we are ready to start our volunteer programme, or if you have a specific skill set we are currently in need of. Thank you for your interest.
The information you provide in this form will be stored securely, and will only be used in relation to your volunteering enquiry.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
At One Small Thing we are committed to tackling injustice and inequality in the justice system and beyond. Understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to delivering our mission to redesign the justice system for women and their children. Challenging racial injustice is a crucial element of this, and we strive towards anti-racist practice as an organisation and in the services we deliver.
We have been working with Inclusive recruiting to train our Trustees and team, review our policies and lead the recruitment drive for Hope Street. We encourage applications from those who may have had similar experiences to the women and children we support, including those with previous convictions. We are committed to ensuring the voices of those with lived experience are represented across all our work strands.
We know however we need to do much more and want our work towards diversity, equity and inclusion to be measured by our actions. We are currently drafting new EDI and anti-racism action plans, the key commitments of which will be shared shortly.