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We are recruiting for a Deputy Service Manager to join our team in Hertfordshire; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Deputy Service Manager

Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £34,806.65 per annum
Contract type: Part-time, Permanent

Hours: 33.75

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Deputy Service Manager to ensure the smooth running of a high-quality service to support survivors of gender-based violence. This will include managing both IDVAs and Housing Advocates to ensure effective advocacy is provided to survivors and their children.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call management rota.

Candidates must be able to drive and have access to a car during working hours.

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.

Closing date: 9.00am on 28 July 2025

Interview date: 4 August 2025

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

We are looking for a forward thinking dynamic individual who will project manage the transformation of the charities fundraising digital operations by enhancing our existing technology, by optimising our data handling and by researching and implementing new digital solutions to our fundraising processes.

 We are about to embark on a programme of transformational change, and we are looking for an ambitious self-starter who will play an essential role in the development and implementation of a new digital strategy for fundraising data and technical operations.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to make a real difference to cancer patients.

At The Christie Charity we are an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation with a loyal supporter base. You would be part of a successful high achieving collaborative team, and this role gives you the opportunity to experience multiple fundraising disciplines.

Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Manager

Are you an experienced fundraiser with a passion for making a difference? This is an exciting time to join Mencap as we launch our new strategy and grow our ambitious fundraising team

 With the forthcoming launch of our new strategy on the horizon, Mencap is looking for an experienced and driven Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Manager. This role is pivotal in aligning our new strategic priorities with donor engagement to secure long-term support and significant income. As the Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Manager, you will play a key leadership role within the High Value Relationships team and will work closely with the High Value Relationships Lead to ensure key priorities and goals are met.

This excellent opportunity is offering a full-time contract (37.5 hrs per week) on a permanent basis. 

The role will be based in London. However, we are flexible with where you work, but there will be occasional travel to our London office.

Do you have the key responsibilities to be our Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Manager? 

• Develop and submit high-quality, strategically aligned proposals that secure six- and seven-figure, multi-year donations, tailored to the priorities of prospective funders and aligned with KPI-driven volume.
• Identify and research new philanthropic prospects, including trusts, foundations.
• Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of income from trusts, foundations, statutory bodies, and lottery funders.
• Focus on cultivating and managing multi-year funding relationships to ensure long-term income sustainability.
• Strengthen existing donor partnerships while proactively identifying and engaging new funding opportunities, statutory bodies, lottery funders, and high-net-worth individuals.
• Develop and manage a portfolio of mid- to high-value donors, cultivating relationships that lead to significant, multi-year support.
• Create compelling, tailored proposals and stewardship plans aligned with Mencap’s strategic priorities

Do you have the required skills to be our Senior Trust Marketing Manager ? 

• A confident and strategic communicator with a proven track record in trust and statutory fundraising
• Experience securing high-value gifts, ideally six figures and above
• Strong research and prospecting skills to identify new funding opportunities
• The ability to build and maintain long-term donor relationships
• A collaborative team player who can contribute to the wider fundraising strategy

If you are ready to use your skills to help shape the future of Mencap’s fundraising and make a lasting impact on the lives of people with a learning disability, please apply now with an up-to-date CV. This role will close on Friday, 25th July. First-round interviews will be conducted via Teams shortly after.

Benefits

The charity offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

The benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

About the organisation

The charity’s vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

They're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. Fighting for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

• Everyone is expected to treat people well and make it an inclusive organisation.
• Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
• Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

There are Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

The charity wants to encourage everyone to apply and offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. They’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. They will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

Do you have a gift for creating learning spaces that bring people together across cultures and contexts?

Are you passionate about building a diverse and inclusive culture, shaped by prayerful practice and reflection?

• Permanent 28 hours per week

• Hybrid working – approximately two days a week at CMS House, Oxford.

• Starting salary £41,795 pa full time equivalent (£33,436 pro rata 4 days per week) with further salary advancement opportunity and with a generous pension contribution: up to 10 per cent employer contribution on annual salary

• CMS offers 36 days of annual leave pro rata (including bank holidays) as well as enhanced paid sickness, maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

• CMS supports the mental wellbeing of its employees and offers a generous rewards and wellbeing package, including:

o access to 24/7 employee assistance programme with qualified counsellors

o regular wellbeing coffee mornings

o support on menopause for women

o up to three volunteer days a year

o up to three family emergency leave days a year

o retreats and resources for prayer life

 We welcome applications from everyone. We particularly welcome applications from women and individuals from minority groups as they are currently underrepresented within our organisation at this level. All appointments are made on merit of skill, experience and potential as set out in the job description and person specification.

Your role

The Mission Learning and Inclusion Manager will help us deepen how we learn, grow, and reflect together as a global mission movement. In this unique role, you will foster a culture of learning and inclusion across CMS - in the UK and around the world.  You will:

· Cultivate reflective mission practice, encouraging the sharing of insights and experience from diverse global contexts

• Champion diversity and inclusion, helping nurture a culture where all people are valued, empowered, and able to thrive
• Encourage spiritual practices that sustain and shape our life in mission, enriched by wisdom from across our global community

The organisation you’ll be joining

Church Mission Society is comprised of people who are passionate about mission and fired up about helping people follow Jesus. For over 200 years CMS has been at the forefront of global mission, living out the gospel of Jesus, seeing lives changed and communities transformed. If you join CMS, you will find an organisation that has been reinvigorated with a fresh vision to make disciples of Jesus among people at the edges, both in the UK and around the world.

What you’ll need to succeed

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with people and programmes across CMS, from mission leaders and local hubs to vocational recruitment and pioneer training. You will also lead formation and orientation for new people in mission, helping them begin well and stay rooted in practices that sustain them long-term.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Brings experience in intercultural mission and adult learning
• Is passionate about equity, belonging and inclusive culture change
• Can hold together spiritual depth, reflective practice, and practical delivery

If you’re energised by building learning communities and believe inclusion and spirituality are essential to mission, we’d love to hear from you.

It is also a requirement for this post holder to be a committed and practising Christian as well as committed to CMS’s values and aims.

Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download on the CMS website.

Our commitment to you

Our core values of being pioneering, relational, faithful and evangelistic are integral to everything we do, and we work hard to ensure that every member of staff is valued, supported and encouraged to continually learn and develop their skills.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the people we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff. We believe that every child or adult we come into contact with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm and abuse. Our recruitment and selection processes are in line with our Safeguarding Policyand-statements and the SCHR Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, which CMS is a member of as part of our commitment to safeguarding.

Closing date

We must get your application by midnight on Sunday 27th July 2025

Interviews are planned to be held on Tuesday 5th or Wednesday 6th August 2025 at CMS House, Oxford.

To apply

Please send your application form and CV on website or by post to HR Team, Church Mission Society, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6BZ.  CVs will only be considered when sent with a completed application form, which is available to download from our website.

Candidates for all UK roles must already be eligible to work in the UK, with a valid visa and work permit if required.

As a member of the Inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, CMS has committed to systematically check with previous employers from the last five years for any ‘SEAH’ (Sexual Exploitation, Abuse or Harassment) issues relating to all potential new hires.

Who we are

Chefs in Schools is a young, ambitious charity that’s rapidly growing. Our mission is to improve kids' health, through improving school food & food education. Working in areas of high deprivation, we support and train schools and their kitchen teams to serve the best, freshest and tastiest food possible, alongside meaningful food education. We share our learning and resources freely, aiming to inspire and enable others to follow our lead.

We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and have ambitious targets to ensure every child has access to incredible school food and food education, setting them up for life with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves well.

About you and the role

This role will take our charity’s mission to a wider audience at an exciting time of development and growth. For a small communications team, we punch above our weight - regularly hitting the headlines, getting featured on agenda-setting news shows, receiving pro-bono support from renowned agencies and we have high-profile ambassadors, such as Prue Leith, Henry Dimbley and Thomasina Miers in our corner. 

We need someone who’s creative, strategic and has great media contacts, or the knowhow to forge them, who can ensure a steady stream of coverage that gets our work in front of key audiences. This is an exciting time. Change is coming to school food - the government has committed to updating the school food standards and you’ll be part of the effort to transform the food kids eat in school every day. You’ll enjoy problem solving, crafting ideas and media opportunities, from stunts to stories. 

You’ll be working on exciting projects, experience some incredible food and be surrounded by an ambitious, diverse and dynamic team, all passionate about the power great food and food education in schools has to shape and change young lives. 

The responsibilities, skills and experience listed below are intended to give you an idea of what we need for this role. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you would be able to work with us to deliver the majority of them, we urge you to apply anyway. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and for us the most important ‘experience’ is passion for our mission. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities, to apply.  

We want to get to know you at the interview and understand we can do this best if you’re at ease. We’re an inclusive employer and work hard to create a welcoming working environment for everyone, including appointing a neurodiversity champion to help us identify how we can make our work environment work for everyone. If you need adjustments to the interview process please let us know.

As we work with children & young people, an offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance, in line with our safeguarding policy.  

Key responsibilities:

• Work with the Head of Communications to develop and deliver content, media moments and campaigns that help raise awareness of our cause and achieve our wider strategic goals.

• Work closely with colleagues, school chefs and teachers to unearth compelling content that will connect with key audiences.

• Identify, create and secure opportunities for coverage of our charity’s mission in target publications and platforms.

• Create and deliver communications plans and assets.

• Build networks and contacts within mainstream, education and food-related traditional and social media platforms to secure proactive story and content placement.

• Deal with reactive media queries to tight deadlines, overseeing preparation of briefs and Q&As.

• Oversee the ongoing development of our website and work to improve user experience. 

• Evaluate the success of campaigns, setting and tracking key metrics, feeding learnings back into future work in a cycle of continuous improvement.

• Monitor and control spending against delegated budget, clearing any anticipated variance with the Head of Communications in advance.

• Develop and deliver a patron and ambassador strategy.

• Oversee content creation for our online platforms, resources and marketing materials, ensuring brand consistency and appropriate audience targeting.

• Ensure any data collection via our website or other platforms is compliant with GDPR and any related or superseding legislation.

• Line manage and mentor the Communications Officer and Social Media Officer, with a commitment to ensuring their development.

Skills & experience:

• 3+ years prior experience in a similar role.

• You have interest and belief in our mission to improve kids’ health through improving food and food education in schools.

• You are organised, methodical, strong on detail, and able to map out deadlines and plan ahead.

• Experience of line management in a hybrid working environment. You must be committed to developing the team.

• You have proven success designing and delivering communications plans and campaigns.

• You have experience successfully pitching stories and/or collaborations to media, journalists and influencers.

• You understand how to create engaging content - both written and visual.

• You spot opportunities for coverage and know how to make them happen.

• You’re up to date on media and communications trends and able to stay ahead of the curve.

• You’re capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• You’re confident enough to deputise for the Head of Communications, such as deciding which reactive media queries to pursue, presenting at events and crisis management.

• You can constructively critique the work of others with an emphasis on learning and continuous improvement.

• You have excellent writing skills and communication skills.

• Experience of education media would be nice.

Benefits

You would be joining a friendly, supportive team who works hard but believe in a healthy work/life balance. We were voted one of CODE Hospitality’s happiest places to work in 2024. We seek a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge. Joining a small, collaborative team means you’ll be able to contribute to and draw on various projects and strategic insights.

We offer 33 days of holiday per year including bank holidays, 3 additional office closure days over the Christmas period as well as wellbeing days over the summer school holidays.  We also have a Cycle to Work scheme, hybrid working, enhanced parental leave, and free access to the CODE app for discounted restaurants & hospitality venues. We are committed to developing our team and will support you with relevant training opportunities including £250 towards elective training and development of your choice.

We also offer Bupa Dental Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, as well as access to the Aviva Smart Health Platform which offers health benefits including free rapid access online GP appointments, free counselling and wellbeing support.

Application process

In line with our commitment to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we invite candidates to answer a series of questions related to their day-to-day job. Please follow this link to answer the questions and submit your application along with your CV.

We recommend that you develop your answers offline and copy them in when you’re ready to ensure you don’t lose your work if interrupted.

Your answers will go through our sifting process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers. A long list of candidates will then additionally have their CVs reviewed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30 mins online interview. Successful candidates will be invited to attend a second, in-person interview at our office in Brixton, London.

For the first interview, we will ask you to submit a short written exercise.

Expected duration of this application process: 4-6 weeks

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation,
our staff team is helping 56,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager for our centres in South London (Walworth, Kennington and Brixton) along with our centres in Southampton and Brighton.

As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. 

And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions.

The role at a glance

Conract:  

This is a permanent role. This role can be either full-time or part-time (0.8 FTE) - responsibilities will be adjusted proportionally for part-time candidates.

Start date:

September 2025 (or as otherwise agreed)

Working hours:

Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00
Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30

We are a delivery organisation providing frontline educational services for young people. We are an organisation with team members at different stages of their career, including many in their first roles: We are committed to nurturing talent and providing a developmental culture for all. Our team works in-person 4 days per week (or 3 days for a 0.8 FTE staff member) with 1 day working from home.

Location

The role would be based at one of our centres in the South London and South Coast cluster:
South London: Walworth, Kennington, Brixton  
South coast: Southampton, Brighton 

Regular travel to all centres in the region will be required. 

Application deadline: 9am Monday 4th August 2025

The Christie Charity is an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation with a loyal supporter base. As an independent charity, everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester to ensure that cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology.  

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised fundraiser who will be focussed on securing gifts from trusts and foundations. You will have previous experience of researching and writing detailed information. You should be a team player with excellent communication skills and be highly IT literate.

You would be part of a successful, high achieving collaborative team and be joining The Christie Charity at an exciting time, with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income.

If you want to make a real difference to cancer patients and are ready to rise to the challenge of working for one of the most successful charities in the Northwest please apply.

Position: Transformation Project Manager 
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours a week 
Contract: Fixed Term contract – 12 months 
Location: Office based in London, with flexibility to work remotely 
Salary: Starting from £44,339 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3 Profession/ Technical 
*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £44,339 per annum, increasing to £47,110 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £49,881 after a further 6 months.

About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

About this job
The MS Society is at a pivotal moment in its journey. We are delivering a major transformation programme, backed by significant investment in data, technology, services, engagement, income generation – and most importantly, our people. This programme is designed to strengthen our organisation, build deeper connections with our community, and increase our overall impact.

As Project Manager within the transformation programme team, you’ll take the lead on delivering a key strategic project – ensuring it is well-scoped, carefully planned, and delivered on time, on budget, and in line with its intended benefits.

Beyond leading your assigned project, you’ll play an important role in supporting effective resource and dependency management across the wider programme. You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues to coordinate delivery, align priorities, and ensure interdependencies are actively managed.

You’ll also be part of a team that’s shaping how we deliver change across the organisation – championing best practice in project management, encouraging cross-functional working, and contributing to continuous improvement as we build a stronger, more agile MS Society.

We are looking for someone with

• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects, including budget management of over £250k
• Experience of leading project delivery teams
• Skilled in working across cross-functional teams to align around shared goals
• Proficient in both waterfall and agile project management methodologies, with the ability to apply a blended approach
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, build trust, and maintain effective relationships
• Strong problem-solving, planning, prioritisation, and time management abilities
• Confident in assessing risks and issues accurately and taking appropriate action
• Knowledge of data platforms and CRM technologies is desirable

Please note this is a fixed term role for 12 months.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Friday 25 July 2025 

Interested?

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Equal Opportunities 
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

Disability Confident Employer 
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to): 

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us) 
• Flexible working options 

Caring for you and your family 

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment 
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year 
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis 
• Enhanced leave for new parents 
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Death in service scheme
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
  • In the event of miscarriage or still birth 
  • To support fertility treatments
  • For antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking about your finances 

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely 
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups) 
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community) 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal

Safeguarding 
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.

This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.

We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.

We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK 
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

No agencies please.

Home-Start Lambeth is seeking a passionate and experienced Family Services Manager to lead our dedicated team in delivering vital support to families with young children in Lambeth. If you're a proactive leader with a heart for helping families thrive, this could be the perfect role for you!

About Home-Start Lambeth:

Our mission is to empower Lambeth families, helping them to develop their resources and connections. We walk alongside families, providing emotional and practical support so that they can overcome the challenges they face and provide a brilliant early years foundation for their children. With our incredible network of volunteers we support 100-150 families every year across Lambeth. We do this through our home-visiting service and our Freedom programme for domestic abuse survivors. To learn more about our work, please see our impact report on our website.

“Volunteer support was life changing. It was seriously so good - I feel like my life is really different today, than when I first started with you guys. I never felt judged or ashamed of where I was at. Every issue I brought up, or area I struggled with, [my volunteer] listened but also helped me to come up with potential solutions.”

The Role: Family Services Manager

As our Family Services Manager, you will provide operational and strategic oversight of all service delivery at Home-Start Lambeth. You will be instrumental in ensuring our services deliver real value to the families we support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Service Leadership: Oversee and develop service delivery, ensuring strategic and operational priorities are met.
• Team Management: Line manage and support our dedicated Family Coordinators and Volunteering Officer, fostering a culture of learning and development.
• Project and Performance Management: Lead on project management, performance management, and ensure compliance with policies and legal requirements, including safeguarding.
• Safeguarding and Compliance: Promote children's welfare and ensure compliance with safeguarding best practice.
• Volunteer Engagement: Work closely with our Volunteering Officer to maximise the effectiveness of our brilliant volunteers.
• Partnership Working: Develop and maintain strategic relationships with external partners to enhance awareness and reach of Home-Start Lambeth's services
• Reporting and Evaluation: Contribute to developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to demonstrate the impact of our work.

What we are looking for:

• A high standard of education (BA/BSC, degree apprenticeship, level 6 qualification)
• Direct experience working with children and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Proven project management, staff line management (including performance management), and service management experience.
• A strong working knowledge of the needs of families with children under five, and current legislation and policies relating to children and families.
• A deep commitment to good safeguarding practice and professional confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• A positive, creative, and organised approach to your work.

Desirable, but not essential:

• Relevant professional training (e.g., health visitor, teacher, social worker).
• Experience working with survivors of domestic abuse.
• Experience of developing and delivering training.
• Knowledge of Lambeth and local children's support services.

Salary: £37,000 FTE pro rata (actual salary £22,200 p.a.)

Hours: 21 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, employee assistance programme including a 24hr Health & Counselling helpline, flexible working arrangements (carer/family-friendly working)

Join us and help make a real difference to families in Lambeth!

In response to NHS Long Term Plan priorities and building on established local partnerships and place-based system transformation, our vision in Bexley is to transform our model of mental health and wellbeing care and support. We aim to provide accessible, responsive, and inclusive mental health support across the local area. This system-wide transformation will redesign how community mental health services are delivered and experienced, placing communities and individuals at the heart of what we do and how we do it.

The Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub will sit alongside and compliment those provided by primary and secondary care ensuring that by working together anybody who needs a service sees the right person at the right time, through a single point of entry. Together, we’re making sure we’re walking alongside people who need support every step of the way, making sure they are ok, making sure they’re accessing relevant support and then thinking about their next steps. This delivers against the NHS’s vision for mental health care and support through more local, community mental health services and how community services should offer whole-person, whole-population health approaches.

Job Purpose

To provide strategic and  operational leadership for the Bexley Mental Health  Hub, which is an integrated service between Mind in Bexley,  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and London Borough of Bexley Adult Social Care . The postholder will play a key role in supporting three partners to deliver an  integrated service, ensuring alignment, coordination, and high standards across both organisations. They will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist and other senior leads to ensure service delivery is safe, effective, and responsive to community needs.

This position requires the ability to deliver results at pace, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on leadership. The postholder will manage a team of clinical and non-clinical staff, ensuring performance, professional development, and wellbeing are prioritised. They will promote continuous improvement, foster collaboration, and oversee scheduling, facilities management, compliance, and adherence to regulations. Progress will be reported through personal representation at key stakeholder meetings. A strong commitment to ensuring the service meets the needs of Bexley residents is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic and Operational Leadership

• Lead the day-to-day operational delivery and continuous development of the Bexley Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, ensuring services are high quality, efficient, and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Provide operational oversight across Oxleas and Mind in Bexley, ensuring integrated pathways and a seamless service user experience.
• Play a key role in supporting two integrated services, promoting effective joint working and service alignment.
• Work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist to align clinical leadership with operational priorities and ensure consistent care standards.
• Oversee scheduling of services and resources to ensure timely, effective support across the system.
• Develop links with local community organisations to support delivery of services in these communities
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver results at pace, driving performance and responding quickly to emerging issues.
• Monitor KPIs and contract requirements, report outcomes to senior stakeholders and commissioners, and take corrective action where needed.
• Ensure services reflect local health needs and priorities so that the Hub consistently meets the needs of Bexley residents.
• Report progress through personal representation at strategic forums, operational boards, and stakeholder meetings.

Service Integration and Improvement

• Identify operational efficiencies, challenge outdated practices, and lead service development initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders to support integrated care pathways.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring role clarity, effective communication, and shared accountability.
• Address barriers to collaboration and develop initiatives that enhance joint working and system responsiveness.

Quality Assurance, Governance, and Risk

• Support Clinical Lead with aspects of quality assurance, governance, and risk across both services, embedding safe and robust practices.
• Ensure full compliance with health and safety,, clinical governance, and data protection regulations.
• In partnership with Adult Social Care and Oxleas ensure appropriate safeguarding process are in place and followed
• In partnership with Adult Social Care and Oxleas ensure  incidents and complaints are safely managed and responded to appropriately, complete audits and ensure action plans are developed and delivered to improve outcomes, using insights to inform quality improvement.
• Support services to meet all statutory, regulatory, and contract standards.

Workforce Leadership and Development

• Manage a team of clinical and non-clinical staff, including recruitment, supervision, appraisal, and performance management.
• Promote wellbeing, inclusivity, and professional development across all staffing groups.
• Lead the implementation of competency frameworks, staff development plans, and training programmes.
• Provide expert guidance on complex cases, staff issues, and operational decisions.
• Support a positive workplace culture that values learning, accountability, and compassion.

Onboarding and Training

• Develop and deliver structured onboarding for new staff, aligned with organisational policies and best practice.
• Coordinate ongoing learning and reflective practice opportunities across both services.

Performance Management

• Establish measurable goals for staff and services, conduct evaluations, and provide feedback.
• Use coaching and supervision to build capability and confidence within the team.

Supervision and Support

• Offer regular 1:1 supervision to clinical and non-clinical staff, promoting open communication and support.
• Respond to staff concerns in a timely, fair, and supportive manner.

Conflict Resolution

• Address interpersonal or performance issues promptly, using appropriate strategies to resolve tensions.
• Maintain a healthy and productive team dynamic.

• Encourage staff input in service development, innovation, and decision-making.

Workload Management

• Monitor workloads and staffing levels to prevent burnout and support sustainability.
• Implement effective prioritisation and resource allocation strategies.

Communication and Reporting

• Maintain open, consistent communication across the workforce through meetings, briefings, and visible leadership.
• Analyse and present service data for planning, improvement, and commissioner reporting.

Innovation, Evaluation, and Policy Implementation

• Lead the development of evaluation tools and service reviews to track outcomes and drive innovation.
• Translate policy and strategic priorities into operational delivery across both organisations.

General Duties

• Uphold the values and policies of both Oxleas and Mind in Bexley.
• Oversee the management and maintenance of facilities, ensuring safe, compliant, and inclusive environments.
• Undertake other duties as required, in line with the role and organisational priorities.
• This role will require agile working across the London Borough of Bexley to attend meetings and be present at clinics and offices where the MH Hub work from.
  
  Interviews are due to take place week commencing 21st July 2025.

The duties outlined above are not exhaustive, and you may be required to undertake additional tasks as your role evolves within the organisation.

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.

At Marie Curie, we are dedicated to improving lives through our compassionate care and support services. Our fundraising efforts are at the heart of what we do and the Fundraising Analysis, Insight & Selections Team forms a vital part of the charity’s fundraising activities, driving the use of Insight to inform decisions and the way we communicate with our supporters.

As a Senior Data Insights Manager you will be responsible for developing and implementing data analysis strategies in collaboration with our Income, Innovation and Engagement directorate and supporting the delivery of operational data reporting, providing analysis and insight to inform strategic decision-making.

You will be responsible for: 

• Driving decision making through insights on several strategic projects. 

• Developing an insight led decision making culture and structure. 

• Leading the development of best practices techniques for data analysis, visualization, and storytelling. 

• Working closely with senior stakeholders to understand business requests and translating them into analytical solutions. 

• Identify opportunities to improve processes and enhance data capabilities within the business. 

• Line managing and leading a team of 2 data analysts   

Key Criteria:

• Established experience in a senior/lead analyst role with a solid track record of understanding of the production and role of data analysis in a business environment. 

• Significant and demonstrable experience of implementing best practice analytics techniques and leading initiatives to enhance datasets, thereby improving insight capabilities.

• Experience of using insights to influence stakeholders at all levels. 

• Significant and demonstrable experience of model building. 

• Strong communication and storytelling kills, with the communicate across a range of stakeholders. 

• Excellent SQL, Power BI skills and understanding of requirements of compliance in a regulated environment. 

• Line management experience would be an advantage.

Please see the full job description here

Application & Interview Process 

As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter.  Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role. 

Close date for applications: Sunday 20th July 2025

Salary: Up to £50,000 + £3,500 LWA where applicable

Contract:  12 months FTC  

Based: This role is predominantly home-based and can be based anywhere within the UK.  You will be expected to work from our modern open plan offices in Embassy Gardens occasionally.

Benefits you’ll LOVE: 

• Flexible working. We’re happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage. 

• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays) 

• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%) 

• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets 

• Continuous professional development opportunities. 

• Industry-leading training programmes 

• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes 

• Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits 

• Access to Blue Light Card membership 

• Subsidised Eye Care 

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work.  We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one. 

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. 

Job title: Service Manager - Night Shelters

Location: On site at our office – Argon House, Argon Mews, London, SW6 1BJ

Contract type: Permanent

Reporting to: Head of Operations & Service Development

Hours of work: 35 hours per week (5 days per week)

About you

As the Service Manager for our night shelter service, you’ll be at the heart of Glass Door’s mission, delivering the largest network of night shelters in the UK.  This pivotal role offers you the chance to make a real difference by managing a dedicated team across multiple sites, ensuring high-quality, consistent service that supports our guests to build a route out of homelessness.  We’re looking for a dynamic, proactive leader with a passion for problem-solving and a compassionate service delivery.

What you will do as part of our team

The Service Manager is responsible for the following:

Service delivery 

· Lead all aspects of the planning, preparation, and delivery of the night shelter service. 

· Oversee the day-to-day operations of the service, directly engaging with staff and guests to ensure high-quality service delivery. 

· Ensure operational policies are consistently followed, providing guests with a reliable and uniform service experience. 

· Manage the rota across three night shelters to maintain adequate staffing at all times. 

· Manage a fleet of three vehicles used for the night shelters, ensuring their availability and maintenance. 

· Ensure all staff are fully aware of service provisions, requirements, and expectations. 

· Lead the continuous improvement of the shelter service to better meet guest needs. 

· Ensure due diligence is performed, and that reporting and records are accurately maintained. 

· Collaborate with the Head of Operations & Service Development to keep expenditures and income within agreed budget limits. 

· Liaise with casework colleagues to ensure seamless collaboration between night shelter and casework staff. 

· Ensure the night shelters are aligned with other statutory and charity services to best meet the needs of our guests. 

· Conduct and maintain annual general and fire risk assessments for each shelter venue; actively maintain the service-level risk register and contribute to organisational risk register. 

· Promptly raise concerns and safeguarding issues in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.

· Ensure policies and procedures are up-to-date with annual reviews, and provide staff with training and guidance on compliance and best practices. 

Management 

· Manage and supervise a seasonal staff team of approximately 40 individuals. 

· Oversee the full employee lifecycle management, including: recruitment, onboarding, training and performance management. 

· Lead the recruitment and training of seasonal shelter staff. 

· Provide high-quality support and line management to night shelter staff, delivering clear guidance, support, and effective leadership. 

· Ensure excellent performance management, support, and supervision of Night Shelter Managers and staff, including monitoring annual leave and addressing performance issues in line with Glass Door’s policies. 

· Empower seasonal managers to deliver high-quality, safe support and effective guest management in accordance with Glass Door policies and procedures. 

· Regularly monitor the quality of support and service by conducting site visits to the night shelters. 

· Organise and deliver a comprehensive training programme for shelter staff. 

· Facilitate regular supervision and team meetings to promote effective teamwork and communication. 

· Ensure the In-form system is utilised efficiently by shelter staff, with timely updates to reports, and prompt, accurate record-keeping. 

· Provide timely support, advice, and guidance to staff as needed. 

Service Development and Planning  

· Play a lead role in the annual planning of the night shelter service and contribute to the annual services business plan. 

· Drive the achievement of organisational targets and objectives as outlined in Glass Door’s business plan. 

Additional  

· Cultivate positive relationships with guests, staff, professionals, partners, suppliers, and the local community.

· To undertake any other duties that can be reasonably required to meet the operational needs of Glass Door.

· Carry out the functions of the post with proper regard to Glass Door’s Equal Opportunities Policy. 

Person Specification 

Essential: 

· Proven experience working with and understanding the needs of people experiencing homelessness or similar disadvantaged groups. 

· Experience in leading a service and managing frontline teams. 

· Demonstrated problem-solving abilities through proactive learning. 

· Understanding and appreciation of trauma-informed care. 

· Valid driving license for manual transmission with the willingness to drive the Glass Door vehicles. 

· Ability to work independently, with strong decision-making skills and initiative. 

· Highly organised with excellent time-management abilities. 

· Exceptional communication skills, adaptable to various styles and approaches. 

· Strong IT proficiency, including advanced Microsoft Office skills. 

· Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends, with the flexibility to cover shifts in emergencies. Time off in lieu provided. 

· Proactive approach in resolving challenging situations and achieving desired outcomes. 

· Empathetic and professional in handling challenging circumstances. 

· Ability to implement and adhere to health and safety, HR, and operational policies. 

· Strong commitment to equal opportunities and diversity. 

Desirable: 

· Advanced IT proficiency, particularly in AI tools and technologies, with a proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new software or web applications. 

· Relevant training or certifications (e.g., project management, trauma-informed care, IOSH Managing Safely). 

· A lived experience of homelessness. 

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness. 

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Are you passionate about Retail in particular online sales and maximising e-commerce revenue through multiple platforms?

If so, we are currently looking for an Online Charity Sales Manager to join our Retail team to manage our online selling department and optimize stock allocation by working with shop managers, warehouse teams, and drivers to identify high-value donated items for online sales.

Leading and developing a team of e-commerce assistants and volunteers, our Online Charity Sales Manager will;

• Maximize online sales of donated goods across multiple e-commerce platforms for example E-bay and Depop.
• Select suitable items for listing and develop marketing strategies to increase awareness and visibility of listed products.
• Analyse sales data and trends to drive profitability and enhance the performance of listings.
• Use insights and analytics to identify growth opportunities and optimize our listing processes.
• Recruit, train, and manage a team of e-commerce assistants and volunteers and work with them to manage customer inquiries professionally and efficiently.
• Build partnerships with external organizations to expand sales opportunities.

This role requires an individual to be proactive and approachable and have the desire and ability to motivate, inspire and develop others, showing strong communication skills with a positive outlook. They must be confident to challenge and improve processes in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to think on the go and work positively and collaboratively with other departments and shops.  Internally this role is known as E-Commerce Manager.

This is a full time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week to include every other Saturday. In addition to a starting salary of £26,325 per annum we can also offer you;

• 36 days annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 40 days after five years
• Up to 8% employer pension contributions
• Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan)
• Employee wellbeing package to include free access to Headspace
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Enhanced parental leave (subject to qualifying period)
• Benefits hub – exclusive discounts on popular brands
• 25% discount in our charity shops

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this opportunity as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.  This role is subject to a range of pre-employment checks to include an enhanced DBS check.

Woodgreen is committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and, as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

Early application is encouraged as this position may close sooner than the stated deadline if a suitable candidate is found.  Interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

Woodgreen is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Asset Manager to join the inhouse Property Team at Barnardo's to manage a portfolio of properties in Central,  South West and Wales.  This is a permanent full-time position which is hybrid ( with access to regional offices) and a requirement to travel to visit properties and meet with internal stakeholders.

Come and join Barnardo's, our purpose is clear – changing childhoods and changing lives, so that children, young people and families are safe, happy, healthy and hopeful. We've been changing childhoods and changing lives for over 150 years, and we'll be here for as long as is needed.

The role is varied and encompasses responsibility for the asset management of a portfolio of properties including acquisitions, rent reviews, lease renewals, lease regears, property disposals and general professional advice on any property related matter. We work closely with our internal stakeholders  (Retail, Childrens Services and Residential) to deliver property solutions which enable them to achieve their business objectives.

It is an Essential requirement that the successful candidate will be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and hold a full Driving licence with access to a vehicle.

If you wish to make a difference for children and young people and if you're an expert in property asset management and passionate about supporting colleagues through excellent customer service, we want to hear from you. Recruitment is delivered via our internal Talent team.

Full Time: 36.25 Hours

Ideal Candidate

• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
• General Practice Surveying background
• Experience with day-to-day Property and Asset Management of a commercial portfolio
• Proven track record of negotiating property transactions . 
• Experience of successfully operating in a large, complex, fast paced, and geographically spread property environment.
• Ability to think outside of the box and provide strategic advice on property matters
• Understanding of property market, trends, challenges and emerging legislation.
• Evidence of active continued professional development to support delivery of the role. 

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.