The Connection at St. Martins (CSTM) is based in the heart of London, near Charing Cross Station and Trafalgar Square. CSTM has been helping homeless people since the First World War and is one of London’s largest homelessness charities. We have an annual turnover of £5.2m, a staff team of 100 and around 50 regular volunteers. Alongside our own fundraising and some statutory work, the charity benefits from the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal, run by our partners – the St. Martin’s Charity.

About the role:

We have been developing a broad spectrum of new enterprise activity in the kitchen at CSTM. We have a fledgling vegan bakery and confectioners, Poster Bakes; we develop food and drink products in-house to be sold in partner cafes across site; we have run successful food pop-ups, and would like to do more.

Particular focus for this role will be on:

• Managing the catering team to both deliver a high-quality diverse menu to our clients as well as incorporating enterprise activity into the workings of the kitchen;
• Working closely with the CEO and relevant leadership team to build business cases around new kitchen enterprise projects;
• Working across the organisation to incorporate as much client interaction and volunteering into the catering team as possible.

This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work in a fast paced, cause-driven environment and get a diverse range of opportunities across food and drink based social enterprise. You must be have considerable experience as a Sous or Head Chef; be dynamic and energetic; combine entrepreneurial initiative with a detailed and strategic mind; have good practical skills as well as management experience and have the soft skills to build relationships with colleagues and clients both inside and outside of the kitchen.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? To apply, please submit an application highlighting how you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification attached. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Details of the full job description, which includes the detailed person specification and application form are attached.

Please find the application form attached Application Form

Please find the job description attached Enterprise Head Chef JD

Closing date: Sunday 26 September 2021

Interview date: Friday 1 October 2021

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, rough sleeping, isolated and in despair there must be a place to turn. The Connection is there to be with people as they overcome their problems, recover and move on to a meaningful, fulfilling life. However, this is not enough. The experiences of people on the edge matter. Their story must be told to those in a position of power and influence, so that rough sleeping is not an accepted feature of life in the UK.

The Connection at St. Martin’s tackles rough sleeping by:

• Providing services designed to help people to recognise their own strengths, recover from crisis and move away from the streets for good;
• Collaborating with others to achieve this – a person’s rough sleeping situation is rarely addressed by one agency working alone;
• Sharing our learning with others, to deepen our own understanding and create a more socially just society for those on the margins not just in London, but other parts of the UK and the world.

Both before and during the Pandemic, the Connection has been through an extended period of change. In the past year, our team have worked extremely hard and very effectively to design and implement a new service model. The key underlying principle in this change is a decision to focus on support for rough sleepers in central London who have complex support needs. Alongside this focus, we place a strong emphasis on the quality of relationships internally and externally.

About the role:

The Recovery and Opportunities Service Manager is a key member of our Services Management Team. The postholder will lead a team of Coordinators to take forward key priorities for the organisation, overseeing:

• CSTM’s Volunteering Programme (including Client, Community and Corporate Volunteering);
• Client Involvement;
• Recovery Programme of groups and activities;
• Skills & Opportunities activities to help clients move towards and into education, training, volunteering and employment.

This role requires someone with a strong track record in providing high quality line management and support to a multidisciplinary team. Alongside overseeing the work of the team, the Recovery and Opportunities Manager will have the personal credibility to build confidence with employers and other partners to deliver routes into learning, training, volunteering and employment for our clients. The post-holder must be well organised, solution-focused and able to use coaching techniques to develop those around them. Finally, they must be a positive role model and committed to playing a key part in shaping the future design and delivery of CSTM’s services.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? To apply, please submit an application highlighting how you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification attached. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Details of the full job description, which includes the detailed person specification and application form are attached.

Please find the application form attached Application Form

Please find the job description attached Recovery Opportunities Manager JD

Closing date: Sunday 10th October 2021

Interview date: Monday 18th October 2021

The Connection has taken forward significant change across everything we do over the past 4 years and this was accelerated during the pandemic. As we move forward, we want to achieve a step-change in our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion to address problems and challenges across the charity for many years. We are looking for an experienced external specialist in equality, diversity and inclusion to support us with this work.

The full brief is attached. The successful individual or organisation will review our current practices and approaches, providing honest, well informed, direct and constructive feedback to us. We would like to see recommendations and an action plan for the organisation which includes:

• Approaches to recruitment, retention and professional development
• Policies, procedures, training and support to reflect best practice in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Building the confidence, skill and expertise across the staff team in equality, diversity and inclusion including how this relates to work with clients
• Improved confidence in communicating on issues related to EDI internally and externally
• External assessment and endorsement of our EDI approach including charter marks if useful
• A vibrant and celebratory culture that values difference and deals with discrimination effectively, pro-actively and supportively

The budget for undertaking the review and delivering a report is up to £10k (which includes VAT).

Expressions of interest (no more than 4 sides of A4 outlining experience and how the brief will be approached) can be submitted to The Connection via jobs@cstm.org.uk

Closing date: Sunday 10th October 2021 – 12pm.

Interview date: Thursday 21st October 2021.