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Current Vacancies:

PR Manager

Would you like to help us transform the lives of deaf children in the UK? We are looking for a PR Manager to help build the profile of award winning charity, Auditory Verbal UK.

Location: Bermondsey, London
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week. Flexible working supported. Part time position will be considered for an experienced candidate.
Salary: c£30,000 + plus 7% employer pension contribution.
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 10am on Monday 30 July

Interview date: Monday 6 August

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To apply for this role, please email your covering letter, outlining suitability for the role, and CV to [email protected] by 10am Monday 30^th July.

Fundraising Relationships Manager

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional relationships fundraiser with either a major donor or community background who wants to play a key role in a growing charity. The successful applicant will need to nurture and increase income from current and new supporters to help us meet our ambitious targets. They will join a highly-committed and passionate team of three and will work closely with the Head of Fundraising (HoF) to set up a new major donor pipeline and to maximise income from this area.

The ideal candidate will be a tenacious, resilient, people-person, well-organised and happy to get out and engage with our supporters whilst attracting new ones.

This is an exciting time to be joining AVUK – the fundraising team is expanding, having exceeded target in 17/18 by 40% and nearly doubling its income in the space of a year. Relationship fundraising has been identified as an area of potential growth which will be necessary to help us to meet further challenging income targets in the coming years.

AVUK does not receive any government or statutory funding and therefore relies almost solely on voluntary income to meet its targets.

Location: Bermondsey, London. Some travel to our Bicester site, as required.
Hours: Part time, 3 days per week (0.6FTE), flexible working around core hours
Salary: £45,000 pro rata + benefits including Group Pension Scheme (7% employer contribution)
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Download job description (Job description updated 03 August 2018)

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to [email protected]

For an informal chat about the role please contact Emma Johnson, Head of Fundraising on 020 3917 5743 or email [email protected]

If you would like to register your interest in working for with us please email [email protected]

Volunteer Receptionists

Do you have some free time during the week? Are you interested in volunteering with an award-winning charity that supports families and their deaf babies and children? AVUK is currently looking for volunteer receptionists to help welcome families and support with administration at our London and Bicester centres. To find out more, please see the volunteer receptionist job description and application form. Please email your application form to [email protected]

We are always looking for other volunteers to support us in our work in both of our centres. If you have experience of any of the following, please get in touch:

Financial administration
Database development
Media and marketing communications
Design and copy writing
Reception/administration

If you are interested in applying, then please complete the Volunteer Application pack and send to [email protected]

Volunteer application pack

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Policies and publications

Our policies and publications to ensure we deliver high quality services to families and professionals.
Our mission

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want to see a world where all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as hearing children.
Our patron

Janine Roebuck became AVUK‘s first Patron in 2010.
Our founder

Jacqueline Stokes was an inspirational woman; the first Auditory Verbal therapist in the UK, with a heartfelt belief that all deaf children should be allowed to achieve their full potential.
Our history

Auditory Verbal UK was founded in 2003 to raise expectations for deaf children and to provide access to auditory verbal therapy for the first time in the UK.
Our strategy

Based around our Theory of Change, our strategy explains our plans over the next five years.
Our funding

How we get our funding.

What is Auditory Verbal therapy?

Auditory verbal therapy is a highly specialist early intervention programme which equips parents with the skills to maximise their deaf child’s speech and language development.
Evidence base for Auditory Verbal therapy

Deaf children can learn to listen and speak – like their hearing peers. What's the evidence?
Training to be an Auditory Verbal Therapist

Find out how you can train to become an Auditory Verbal Therapist in the UK.
Our mission

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want to see a world where all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as hearing children.
Work for us

Do you have an interest in transforming children’s lives? See our vacancies.
Therapy sessions

Auditory Verbal therapy (AVT) is about enabling your child to learn to talk through listening. Read more about the therapy we provide.
Foundation level

This 6-month course is available in a distance-learning format and a centre-based format at our two centres. Designed to equip professionals with the core skills needed to develop auditory practice when working with children with hearing loss and their families, we are also able to deliver this course in-service to employers wishing to train groups of staff. For professionals who want to train to become LSLS CertAVT®s this foundation course is accredited by AG Bell Academy and carries 36 CEUs.
Early intervention

What are the benefits of an early intervention programme?
Celebrity supporters
Joining the programme

We want to make sure you are able to access information, guidance and support at a pace that suits you. Find out how you can join the programme.