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Young Carers’ Project (YCP) Manager

Contract: Full-time | 36 hours per week.

Location: Kingston Upon Thames, with some hybrid working.

Salary: £41,034 per annum.

Kingston Carers Network's Young Carers Project (YCP) provides information, advice and support to young carers in Kingston. Our services include a weekly youth club and drop-in sessions, respite activities during the school holidays, one-to-one mentoring and targeted family support.

We are looking for a committed, proactive person with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to lead the YCP team in supporting our amazing young carers, aged 5-18, who all have a caring responsibility for a family member. We currently support over 4000 carers, including over 800 young carers, who are caring for a relative or friend with a disability, illness, mental health problem or substance addiction. The successful candidate will have the ability to plan and deliver a range of activities and support to young carers to ensure that the project aims are achieved. Experience of working with young people aged 5-18 years is essential.

Benefits include:

• 4% matched pension contribution,
• flexible hours,
• hybrid working,
• and enrolment in the Carers Trust training programme.

This post is subject to a fully enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: 5:00 pm on Monday 3rd November 2025.

Interviews: Wednesday 12th and 19th November.

Kingston Carers’ Network, registered charity number 1151456

SLRA is a well-established local migrant support organisation working with and for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants who are at risk or in crisis because of immigration issues. We provide specialist immigration advice as well as a broad range of practical, social and therapeutic support services. We also campaign for a fairer immigration system, involving local people with lived experience in influencing local and national policy and practice.   

We are looking for a new CEO to lead our dedicated team and continue to develop SLRA’s outstanding services and impact. We are looking for a determined and inspirational leader. You may be an experienced CEO or have the skills and determination needed to step up into the role. Our current CEO has led SLRA’s growth and development over the last eleven years and we are proud of our highly regarded and successful, local organisation. As we look to our new strategic period, we are looking for a new CEO who will ensure the continued exceptional impact of our work with local migrant individuals and communities and who will continue to develop our campaigning and policy influencing work at a time when the hostility of the external environment and government policies is more challenging than ever. If you think you might be the right person for this role, feel that you could bring the best out in those you lead and have the capability to define SLRA’s direction over the coming years, then we would love to hear from you.

Benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year (with 3 additional days when the office is closed at Christmas) plus bank holidays. 
• Additional long service annual leave days up to a maximum of an additional 5 days per year. 
• Flexible and family friendly working arrangements.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution. 
• Commitment to staff learning and development.
• Cyclescheme and travelcard loans. 

For all roles, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, and those who are migrants or refugees, and who have lived experience of the hostile immigration system. We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network, which aims to create a charitable sector that is led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system. As part of this network, we challenge the one-size-fits-all approach in our employment practices, and respect personal circumstances and needs of people with lived experience. Please feel free to use information and resources on their website which may help in preparing your job application. 

Are you a communications leader passionate about inspiring and connecting people?
We’re looking for an experienced communications expert to lead our Internal Communications team, delivering engaging content and communications that focus on storytelling to inspire and inform colleagues across the organisation. This role will lead the team and support a culture of collaboration where we celebrate success as we deliver our ambitious strategy to have the greatest impact for dogs.   

What does this role do?
As an Internal Communications Lead, you will:  

• lead the development and delivery of an exciting, clear, engaging internal communications strategy and plan that aligns with organisational priorities and operational plans whilst building a consistent brand experience across our touchpoints,
• lead and inspire a team of internal communications professionals, fostering creativity, storytelling and high performance,
• build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, ensuring consistent, effective messaging across the organisation that tells the story of our people and dogs, our plans and the ways we work,
• oversee the creation and delivery of high-quality, audience-focused inspiring and compelling content across a range of internal channels and formats,
• drive continuous improvement through effective measurement, insight and innovation,
• lead on internal communications during times of crisis or serious issues affecting our staff. 

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for 12th November 2025.

Could this be you?
We are looking for an experienced internal communications leader with a proven track record in delivering impactful multi-channel campaigns, crisis and change communications. You will be a confident people manager with strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence senior leaders and lead high-performing teams while managing complex projects and budgets with creativity and resilience. 

What does this team do?
Sitting in the wider Marketing and Communications Division, the Communications department plays a critical role in building the Dogs Trust brand and driving engagement with its mission to help dogs when they need us most. Communications is a dynamic team encompassing Brand, Content, and Internal Communications. The team bring together our organisational strategy and work, our people and our external communications behind one central brand idea.

About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
 
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.

About the role

We are looking for a People Business Partner, Projects to help drive forward strategic change and embed future-ready practices across our global organisation. You will work closely with our Chief Strategy & People Officer and senior leaders to deliver high-impact projects, strengthen our People & Culture foundations, and support an agile, inclusive and modern workforce. If you are passionate about building great employee experiences and driving meaningful organisational change we would love to hear from you.

Meet your Manager

In this role you will be managed by Cheryl King-McDowall. Cheryl joined ClientEarth from the UK Cabinet Office, where she worked on Government Communication professional standards and major programmes including Covid Communications, UK GREAT Campaign, and the Leadership College for Government. On secondment from the Cabinet Office she led the creation of a new operating model for the House of Commons’ HR function. Prior to this, Cheryl has worked in and led HR, Policy, Communications and Operations, for over 30 years in a variety of organisations including Local Authorities, Charity, NGO, and Higher Education sectors. With a background in occupational and organisational psychology, she specialises in organisational development and effectiveness, change and business improvement.

Main Duties

• Serve as a key member of the People & Culture management team, contributing to strategic planning, operational delivery, and team development ensuring best practice and drive consistency across global teams.
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders and People & Culture colleagues on HR policy, organisational design, workforce planning, and change management.  
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, including handling complex and sensitive cases such as grievances, disciplinary actions, and performance issues. 
• Work closely with legal advisors, managers, and Unions to ensure fair, transparent, and legally compliant outcomes.

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

Role requirements

• CIPD qualified (Assoc & above) or equivalent work experience (essential)
• Specialised training and /or experience in employment law, compensation, coaching and mentoring, organisation development, change management or employee relations (at least two) (essential) 
• Strong understanding of HR systems, processes, and best practices (essential) 
• Experience handling complex employee relations matters, including grievances and disciplinary actions (essential)  
• Knowledge and experience in compensation, organisational planning, recruitment, organisation development, employee engagement and employee development (essential) 

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.

Flexible working:  We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based  See our Benefits page for more as well as our flexible working FAQ.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our equity, diversity and inclusion journey page for more.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.

Together for Short Lives is a charity that makes sure seriously ill children and their families get the care they need, especially at the end of life. We work closely with families, care professionals, and services to improve children’s palliative care. We also speak up to government leaders and decision-makers to help make sure families have access to the best support when they need it.

Please note this a remote role with regular travel across Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria

About the Role

As a Kentown Family Service Coordinator, you will be the first point of contact for families referred into the Kentown programme, helping them navigate health, social care, and voluntary sector services. You will:

• Carry out family needs assessments and co-develop personalised support plans with families.
• Build strong local relationships with health, education, and community services to ensure families can access the help they need.
• Promote the work of the Kentown Programme and Together for Short Lives and raise awareness of children’s palliative care in the region.
• Support family engagement events, training opportunities, and ongoing evaluation of the programme’s impact.
• Work collaboratively with the Kentown team, sharing learning and best practice across regions.
• This is a home-based role with travel across Lancashire, Cumbria, and Manchester.

About You

We’re looking for someone with experience in health, social care, or education who is passionate about supporting families. You will bring:

• Experience working directly with children, young people, or families with complex needs.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with families and professionals.
• The ability to assess needs, coordinate support, and signpost families to the right services.
• Confidence in collecting feedback and supporting events or activities for families.
• A proactive, compassionate, and organised approach, with good IT and record-keeping skills.
• A full driving licence and willingness to travel are essential.

ROLE

Head of Services

REPORTING TO

Director of Frontline Services

PURPOSE OF POSITION

This is a critical operational leadership role that is responsible for the operation of the
organisation’s supported accommodation services.

Providing operational leadership to team managers and ensuring compliance with
organisational, contractual, local authority and legal regulations and the quality of
services is pushed to the highest possible standards; ensuring excellent outcomes for
residents and a positive and high performing working environment for teams.

This role will also be accountable for the development of excellent relationships with
external partners, commissioners, and other key stakeholders for support services in
the organisation.

You will be a key member of the charity's Extended Leadership team

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

Service Delivery

• Lead in setting organisational standards and performance targets across the
support and resident services teams that reflect contractual requirements and
organisational standards.
• Actively promote and develop person centred practices based on a trauma
informed approach and psychologically informed environment to working with
residents with high support needs and challenging behaviour.
• Be accountable for the operational performance of the services, allocating
resources strategically to ensure that key performance indicators are achieved
and that action plans are in place where required to improve service
performance.
• Remodelling to promote accountability and co-production approaches with
residents.
• Work with the Head of Building & Facilities to ensure your teams put health &
safety procedures into practice to create a safe environment for our residents
and staff. Contribute, and when required, lead on the formation and review of
policies and procedures.

• Contribute to the Frontline Service’s Management On Call rota, providing
support to frontline services outside of office hours

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with Commissioners and regulatory bodies to enable
the service to meet contractual and regulatory KPI's and requirements.
• Submit management information on a monthly and quarterly basis and produce
other statistics and data as directed by the Director of Frontline Services.
• Responsible for effective liaison with outside agencies including the police, social
services and other statutory and voluntary agencies and delegating this work
where appropriate.
• Represent the organisation externally at forums, conferences and meetings.
• Contribute to the wider management team in frontline services to ensure good
communication, coordination and consistency of practice, approach and
development across the Directorate.

Business Planning and Project Management
• Drive business planning activities within contracts, ensuring relevant and
challenging objective setting and ongoing performance tracking, developing
turn around action plans as may be necessary
• Where agreed, project manage new services or service developments.
• Working closely with Finance Department to set, manage and monitor allocated
budgets for income and expenditure for support and resident services and to
ensure that teams meet performance targets.
• To ensure that financial procedures are maintained at all times in accordance
with organisational policies and procedures.

Managing and Developing People
• Take a leading role in developing a positive, values-based organisational
culture, in line with the charity's Your Place Way approach
• Developing performance targets and quality control measures for teams, and
monitoring performance to ensure that these are met.
• Supporting managers and teams by setting clear objectives and holding
individual supervisions regularly.
• Ensuring good communication across teams by holding team meetings
regularly, and additional briefings as necessary.
• Inducting new managers and planning the continuous professional development
of existing managers through annual appraisals.
• Managing the workload of teams to ensure that adequate cover is provided at
all times.

Safeguarding
• Act as Safeguarding Lead for the organisation
• To actively promote an open and accountable approach across the
organisation as a whole that ensures the organisation meets our legal duties,
keeps our policies up to date, and puts our residents' best interests at the
forefront.

Intensive Housing Management
• Ensure that our landlord responsibilities are delivered in a person-centred way
and in line with our regulatory and legal responsibilities
• Oversee the creation of a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment across all
our services that is responsive to resident needs.
• Develop standards and practice that provide clear evidence-based reporting to
meet regulatory compliance

General
• To attend meetings internally as and when necessary, for example, Directorate,
Management and planning meetings.
• To undertake such other duties within the competence of the post holder which
may be required from time to time.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Ideal attributes for meeting the needs of position and being an effective member of
the wider Your Place team.

Essential Criteria 

Experience
• Strong background in leading and delivering supported accommodation
services
• Extensive experience working with rough sleeping and other homelessness
services
• Experience leading and delivering intensive housing management
responsibilities
• Experience of case management and delivering best practice around; needs
assessments, high quality personalised support or advice services to vulnerable
adults, including people with high support needs
• Experience of contract management with stakeholders
• Experience of project management and mobilisation of new services or
developing existing services
Skills & knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of the housing and support needs of single
people who experience homelessness and rough sleeping, the benefit of move
on and the ability to translate knowledge into good practice.
• Knowledge of the commercial and regulatory requirements of supported
housing.
• CIH Level 5 qualification
Abilities
• Ability to interact at senior, strategic level with external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressured environment, with multiple
competing priorities and to quickly adapt to new situations.
• Ability to network, liaise, negotiating and influence effectively with outside
agencies.
• Ability to undertake budget management, produce financial reports and
collate and interpret financial and statistical information.
Personal qualities
• Demonstrates a commitment to the mission of Your Place.
• Self-sufficient and highly organised with the ability to accomplish goals
according to deadlines, and a flexibility to juggle a variety of tasks.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong sense of responsibility and accountability.
• Awareness of own training and support needs.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues across teams and functions
• Commitment to the values of inclusion and belonging

Desirable criteria
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in adult social care or leadership and
management.

Before starting this position, you’ll need to undergo a criminal record check by the
Disclosure and Barring Service. You must be entitled to work in the UK.

Interview date: week commencing 10 November 2025

The IOP exists to help physics and the physics community deliver on their potential for our lives, our society, our planet.

Together with our members and leaders from the world of physics and beyond, we have identified three priorities of Skills, Science and Society which must shape our work over the next five years if we are to achieve our mission.

We are very proud of our new innovative strategy, our priorities and our principles.

Here at the IOP we are looking for a People & Policy Partner (Maternity Cover) until mid-November 2026 to support us in our mission.

What is it like working at the IOP?

The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation. Inclusion and diversity are central to our work and we have a ‘work anywhere’ in the UK policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible. This is complemented with competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and generous benefits.

Our comprehensive benefits package including:

• An excellent pension scheme - (up to 12% company contribution)
• Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance, health care cash plan (via salary sacrifice) eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards, employee assistance programme
• Floating bank holidays (choose when to take your bank holidays throughout the year)
• Generous annual leave (25 days starting as a standard)
• Flexible working

The Role

The role is ideal for someone with strong ER and policy writing experience and good knowledge and understanding of UK employment legislation, key HR legislation and HR systems to appropriately advise and lead on ER cases. Ideally you would need to be CIPD part qualified or studying towards a qualification.

We are looking for an organised, resilient and dependable individual who has proven ability to work within a small team, as well as under their own initiative, and who can communicate effectively across the organisation both in written and oral form. 

Strong interpersonal skills with ability to listen, discuss, negotiate and provide advice on difficult, complex or sensitive issues is essential.

What will I be doing?

• First point of contact on IOP’s ER issues and responses, replying to queries in a timely manner
• Taking the lead on IOP HR policies, assessing and updating them on an ongoing basis in line with employment law changes
• Soley managing employee relations’ activities, ensuring that outcomes are proportionate, reasonable, timely and in line with legislation and the Institute’s policies
• Guiding, advising and assisting management and senior management through employee relations processes
• Providing people management advice and support to line managers, to enable them to fully undertake their people management role and ensure they are fully aware of the risks / implications associated with their decisions

Who will I work with?

• Internally, the role works across all departments as well as IOP Publishing HR and Finance
• Externally, the role works with employment lawyers, occupational health providers and EDI professionals

Ideally, your skills include:

Essential Criteria

• A sound knowledge of employment legislation and its application
• Strong sense of professional boundaries and the importance of confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to listen, discuss, negotiate and provide advice on difficult, complex or sensitive issues
• Experience working in a busy and varied role in a fast-paced environment, autonomously
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Absolute attention to detail
• HR qualification

Desirable

• Level 5 CIPD qualification (or working towards it)
• Experience using HR systems, ideally iTrent (Electric Theme)

Application

Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a brief cover letter stating how you meet the person specification. 

Why should I want to work for the IOP?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland - we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and / or throughout the recruitment process please do not hesitate to reach out to us for support.

The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity.

To apply for this role please click the link below, best of luck with your applications!

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?  

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge? 

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard? 

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advocate to join our team in Bradford.  Your role will require you to travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes across the area to meet with clients and professionals and be home based for administration; therefore, a suitable home internet connection is essential. 

About us 

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations. 

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website. 

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working as an Advocate, providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults or young people who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing education and support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance.

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support.  You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them.  You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

Professional Development?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day. Advocates are expected to be willing to gain, or to already hold, the Level 3 Award in Independent Advocacy Practice with disciplines suitable for the role they work in.

Benefits

· 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service

· 5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution

· Salary sacrifices pension scheme

· Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary)

· Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc

· 24/7 Employee Assistance programme

· Access to remote counselling service

· Paid Disability Leave

· Paid compassionate Leave

· Home Working Allowance 

Support with continuous professional development

Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development 

Personal Development Plans

How are staff supported to work remotely?

VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community.

When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs). 

VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach.

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

How to apply

To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form. 

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications; 3rd November 12:00

Interviews 10th & 11th November

Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Head of Fundraising
Alton, Hampshire
(flexible/hybrid working pattern with a minimum of 2 days pw in the office)
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
C£50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on experience

About the role

Having established a strong fundraising capability and team with significant income growth over the last 4 years, Kidney Care UK is now looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising to take the Charity to the next level.

You will work closely with the Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications to develop and implement a new 5-year fundraising strategy for the charity, with direct responsibility for managing Trusts and Foundations, Individual Giving, Legacy, In Memory, Community, Trade, and Challenge Event income streams.

You will be responsible for building a strong, motivated Fundraising team at the heart of the Charity, leading and inspiring a team of 13 fundraisers.

You will lead on developing and delivering the operational strategies, activities and key programmes of work, set budgets, develop supporter recruitment plans and deliver stewardship that offers a best in class supporter experience. You will inspire supporters to raise more to help more people with chronic kidney disease.

You will report directly to the Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications and be expected to manage Fundraising Managers and oversee the wider team.

Over time, you will also have the opportunity to personally develop your own 6-figure income streams and support the Director of Fundraising, Marketing & Communications across his network of 6 and 7-figure prospects and funders.

About you

This is an exciting and challenging role, and an opportunity to take fundraising to the next level in an ambitious and passionate national charity. As such we are looking for an exceptional fundraiser and leader who is comfortable and experienced with change management and leading by example in growing organisations.

With proven leadership skills, you will be enthusiastic, resilient, driven, results-focused, supportive and creative.
You will thrive under pressure and be able to lead and inspire our committed and passionate fundraising team through a period of exceptional growth.

You will be a fantastic fundraiser in your own right and be able to multitask across a range of different activities and income streams.

Most importantly, you will be a great manager of people who leads by example and can demonstrate the ability to build high performing teams.

What we offer

Working at Kidney Care UK is incredibly rewarding and you will see the life-changing impact that the charity has on kidney patients and their families.
• Flexi-time – we are flexible about start and finish times, and flexible about your location, but we expect you to be in the office 2 days per week.
• Annual and Christmas leave – we offer 25 days annual leave for full time employees plus bank holidays. We also close for three days between Christmas and New Year, and you don’t need to take this from your annual leave allowance.
• Pension – you’ll be eligible for and auto-enrolled into a pension scheme.
• Health cashback plan – ability to claim back a wide variety of routine medical treatments.
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to a wide variety of support including counselling, health resources and advice.
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Learning and development – you’ll be able to access the full benefits of our membership of Fundraising Everywhere and Charity Comms.

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?  

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge? 

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard? 

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an advocate to join our team covering Warwickshire and Coventry.  Your role will require you to travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes across the area to meet with clients and professionals and be home based for administration; therefore, a suitable home internet connection is essential. 

About us 

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations. 

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website. 

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working as an Advocate, providing welfare, supporting or caring for Adults or young people who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues or barriers to accessing education and support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services or advice and guidance.

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support.  You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them.  You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

Benefits 

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service 

5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution 

Salary sacrifices pension scheme 

Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary) 

Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc 

24/7 Employee Assistance programme 

Access to remote counselling service 

Paid Disability Leave 

Paid compassionate Leave 

Home Working Allowance  

Support with continuous professional development 

Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development  

Personal Development Plans 

How are staff supported to work remotely? 

VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community. 

When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).  

VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach. 

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. 

How to apply

To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form. 

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications; 11pm on 09 November 2025, however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date. 

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Royal Trinity Hospice is embarking on an exciting transformation in how we deliver HR operations services. As part of this transformation, we’re introducing a new HR Business Partner model and we’re looking for a forward thinking HR Business Partner to help bring it to life.

This newly created role comes at a pivotal time for our organisation. You’ll play a key role in embedding the HR Business Partner approach, working closely with leaders and teams to drive strategic change, enhance the employee experience, and ensure our people practices align with our mission and values.

We’re looking for someone with a strong grasp of both the technical and strategic aspects of HR, someone who can spot underlying challenges, influence outcomes, and deliver practical, people focused solutions. Your ability to build trusted relationships, be visible, communicate with clarity, and collaborate across the organisation will be essential to your success.

If you're excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of HR at Royal Trinity Hospice and believe you have the experience and drive to make a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you.

As the Senior HR Business Partner, you will:

• Partner with the organisation to deliver an effective HR Business Partnering that is focused on proactive approach and solution.
• Lead and deliver effective HR operations, ensuring systems and processes are efficient and aligned with organisational goals.
• Oversee all aspects of HR operations, including employee relations (ER), recruitment, workforce management and Change Programmes.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on workforce initiatives and contribute to organisational development projects.
• Utilise analytics to inform HR decisions, measure the effectiveness of HR programmes, and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead on the development, implementation, and periodic review of policies to support organisational effectiveness, compliance, and strategic priorities

Benefits:

• We match Agenda for Change/NHS terms and conditions for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• Length of service for those joining directly from another CQC regulated organisation (NHS, social care, hospice) is recognised in annual leave, maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• A pension scheme is offered with employer contributions of up to 7.5% or a continuation of your existing NHS pension
• A generous 27 days annual leave increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be given back in lieu)
• Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans available
• Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards the cost of glasses
• 25% store discount in Trinity shops
• Life assurance cover
• Lots of opportunities to attend exciting and high-profile events e.g. a staff lottery to attend our regular biannual Gala dinner; participating in Royal visits, and the annual summer garden party
• Regular ballots for donated free tickets and prizes
• Access to courses of free counselling

Royal Trinity Hospice is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Everyone at Trinity is treated fairly with dignity and respect irrespective of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, civil partnership status, disability, nationality, race, religion or belief. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that encourages and supports fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement (FREDIE) in all its forms. 

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

To discuss the role with the Director of People or arrange a site visit, please contact Helena O’Donnell, HR Advisor

Closing date: Sunday 9 November 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 19 November 2025

You will be joining the newly formed Opportunities Team which has been designed to be holistically focussed on the growth of giver engagement, Partner engagement and thought leadership. Stewardship is often a surprise to new and potential clients and partners as they learn the breadth and depth of the services we can offer them, their families, their churches and the ministries they love. The Opportunities Team seeks to serve whoever we meet and triage their needs to the right expert in the Stewardship family. 

In this role you will work as part of our Opportunities Team to invite people into the community of generous Christian givers in the UK and serve UK Churches with support services and giving needs. You will attend events, speak on behalf of Stewardship and deliver content with excellence. You will have the opportunity to support the growth of Stewardship over the coming years as we identify new clients to join the ecosystem that enables Kingdom ministry to happen all over the UK and around the world. 

As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement, by:

· Active membership of local church congregation.

· Undergoing course of teaching or training in personal financial stewardship and giving/generosity or experiencing the benefits from personal discipleship in this area.

An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the preparedness to pray with colleagues, where appropriate.

Chief Executive Officer - The Brain Charity

Location: Liverpool-based - occasional travel across Merseyside and the UK

Salary: circa £65,000 (+ 10% company pension on successful completion of probation)

Contract: permanent, full-time

Are you ready to lead a values-driven charity that supports people affected by neurological conditions and their families across Merseyside and nationally?

The Brain Charity is a Liverpool-based national charity supporting adults, children and their families affected by any of more than 600 neurological and related conditions. Since our roots in Merseyside community neurology (1992) we have grown a centre-based offer, hospital liaison roles and a national information, training and support service - from practical welfare and legal advice, counselling and rehabilitation (Neuro Gym) to peer connection via The Brain Food Café and employer/school training. We put lived experience, co-production and neuro-inclusive practice at the heart of everything we do.

As our next Chief Executive, you will:

• Strategic leadership: Develop and deliver a 5-year strategy and an operational plan with clear priorities that secures the charity’s long-term impact and sustainable growth.
• Values leadership: Model and embed the charity’s person-centred, inclusive and co-productive values across services and culture.
• Growth & income diversification: Lead development of diverse income streams - fundraising, legacies and commercial activity - to strengthen financial resilience.
• Partnerships & advocacy: Strengthen senior relationships with NHS partners, local authorities, commissioners and wider stakeholders; amplify the charity’s voice in neuro-health and community settings.
• Service quality & impact: Embed rigorous outcome measurement, quality assurance and contract compliance so our impact drives commissioning and service development.
• People leadership: Stabilise staff morale, lead and develop a high-performing Senior Leadership Team, and promote wellbeing and inclusive working practices.
• Governance & financial stewardship: Provide timely, high-quality reporting to the Board; oversee budgeting, forecasting and risk management to safeguard financial sustainability.

Who you are:

• An experienced Chief Executive or senior director with a minimum of three years’ experience at CEO or equivalent level.
• Proven track record of winning and managing commissioned contracts and delivering against local authority or health contracts.
• Skilled at building strategic partnerships and commanding credibility with senior stakeholders across health, local government and the voluntary sector.
• Confident at leading turnaround and financial sustainability work - experienced in budgeting, forecasting and making difficult decisions when needed.
• A values-led, collaborative leader with high emotional intelligence, resilience and a commitment to co-production and inclusion.

Why The Brain Charity?

• Lead a respected, person-centred organisation with a unique, wide-ranging offer across advice, emotional support, rehabilitation, social connection and national training.
• A high-impact role where you can stabilise the organisation, professionalise fundraising and scale services strategically.
• Liverpool-based centre with hybrid working and national reach - a chance to influence neuro-health practice and commissioning across the UK.

Please see the attached Recruitment Brief with details on how to apply.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 10th November 2025

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £48,000 per annum

Location: Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AZ

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Today, we are a group of charities and charitable companies and have a strong reputation within the children’s care sector. Coram is a leader in adoption and fostering, children’s health education, therapy, child and family law, and advocacy for those in and leaving care. The organisation has grown rapidly in recent years, both in terms of income and staffing, making an exciting and interesting place to be.

Coram Group’s Human Resources team is multi-faceted, it sits at the heart of the organisation and has a reputation for excellent customer service and advice. We would welcome an enthusiastic and highly organised HR generalist who would be keen to grasp the challenge of working with a range of diverse partners across the organisation providing high quality and consistent people related advice and guidance whilst responding to and being mindful of operational needs.

As an HR Business Partner, you will:

• Work in partnership with Coram group leadership team and stakeholders to help shape, develop and deliver solutions in line with the needs and priorities of the organisation.
• Provide expert and professional advice and support to all staff and managers, ensuring all feel included, engaged, comfortable and equipped to fulfil their role.
• Drive organisation results and increase colleague engagement, by working with senior partners across the Coram group in support of the people and strategy/business plan
• Keep the organisation safe by identifying and managing risk.
• Work with the wider Human Resources (HR) team to develop and implement specific HR projects and policies linked with the people strategy.

What we are looking for:

• CIPD Qualified or qualified by experience with evidence of proactive CPD
• Experience of delivering solution focused professional HR generalist advice underpinned by up-to-date knowledge of legislation
• Ability to manage numerous projects across Business Units with conflicting deadlines and to prioritise workload accordingly
• Be skilled at working with data, drawing insight from analytics including HR systems; ability to run reports, manipulate data, and analyse information
• Proven experience of influencing and coaching managers through a wide range of employee relations issues
• Experience of managing change - redundancy, TUPE and culture.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing Date: Monday 17th November 2025 at 12pm 

Interview Date: Thursday 27th & Friday 28th November 2025

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278