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About CLTR
The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is an independent, non-profit think tank working to transform global resilience to extreme AI and biological risks. We work with governments and institutions, offering evidence-based advice to improve understanding, decision-making and governance on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
The role
We're hiring two Operations Associates — one to sit within our AI Policy Unit, one within our Biosecurity Policy Unit. Embedded in your respective team, you'll provide a flexible mix of operational, administrative and project support that keeps the unit running well and frees up policy staff to focus on their work.
It's a genuinely varied role. Day to day you might be coordinating a grant proposal, managing a Director's diary, tracking a publication pipeline, or improving a process that's been getting in everyone's way. You'll also have regular touchpoints with CLTR's central Operations function and scope to contribute to organisation-wide projects.
This is a hands-on generalist role, well suited to someone who wants to develop their skills in project management and operations within a mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities include:
Operations and administration
- Coordinate team meetings, events and travel logistics
- Manage the unit Director's diary and act as a reliable gatekeeper for their time
- Oversee the team calendar and support planning of unit-level activities
- Coordinate the publication pipeline, including liaising with editors and designers
- Maintain filing systems, knowledge management processes and information security procedures
- Support onboarding of new team members and track unit-level budgets and expenses
Project coordination
- Track progress across multiple concurrent projects and ensure updates are shared in a streamlined way
- Log activity and impact across the unit in collaboration with the Delivery Manager
- Provide flexible support to project activities as needed
Grant writing and fundraising
- Coordinate input to grant proposals from policy staff, in partnership with the Fundraising team
- Contribute directly to grant writing with appropriate support
- Help maintain consistent language and references across funding proposals
About you
Essential:
- Experience in an operations, administrative or project management role
- Strong project coordination skills, able to manage multiple workstreams and meet deadlines
- Genuine interest in administration and operations — particularly in making systems work better for people
- Exceptional attention to detail, for calendars, logistics, written documents and presentations
- Ability to produce clear written content for different audiences, including funding proposals
- High level of discretion and comfort with information security protocols
- Proactive, high-agency approach — you follow through on commitments and don't wait to be told what needs doing
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across teams and with external partners
- Genuine commitment to CLTR's mission
- Eligible to live and work in the UK (we are unable to sponsor visas for this role)
Desirable:
- Experience in a non-profit, think tank or similarly mission-driven organisation
- Executive assistant experience
- Familiarity with AI safety or biosecurity policy
- Knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 or Agile
This role is probably not right for you if you're looking for significant strategic or line management responsibility, or if your goal is to move into policy research. We're looking for someone who is genuinely motivated by operational excellence and wants to build a career in operations and/or project management.
Salary and benefits
c.£55,000 depending on experience. If salary is a barrier to applying, please do get in touch to discuss.
- 30 days annual leave plus public holidays
- £5,000 annual wellbeing budget
- £3,000 learning and development budget plus up to five paid days
- £2,000 onboarding grant
- Pension with up to 7% employer-matched contribution
- Private health insurance and group life insurance
- Generous parental leave
- Paid office lunches twice a week
Application and timeline
Please submit a CV and cover letter by 9am BST on 1 July 2026, using your cover letter to outline how you meet the person specification.
First-round interviews (remote): 15–17 July
Final interviews (in person, London): 23–24 July
CLTR is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Ensuring those who served are always supported.
Founded in 1681 by King Charles II, the Royal Hospital Chelsea has stood for centuries as a national symbol of gratitude to the soldiers who have served our country, and is home to the iconic Chelsea Pensioners. Today, the Hospital’s job remains to ensure that those who have served are always supported.
We are now looking for a skilled Marketing Officer to contribute to and deliver effective marketing campaigns to help meet the organisation's core strategic objectives. This is an exciting role within the Marketing and Communications team and a fantastic opportunity to join an historic organisation, the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners since 1692.
The successful candidate will have a strategic mindset and relevant experience of managing delivering impactful multi-channel campaigns and email marketing for a range of audiences, and ideally at a nationally recognised organisation within the military, charity, cultural or public sectors.
Where you fit in
You’ll join an ambitious marketing and communications team focused on raising the Royal Hospital’s profile, increasing fundraising income, and building new audiences through strategic, emotive and measurable communications.
Your work will directly contribute to protecting and securing the future of the Royal Hospital Chelsea - helping us reach supporters, donors, and the veteran community with stories that inspire action and demonstrate undeniable impact.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be delivering a range of digital and traditional marketing campaigns for stakeholders across fundraising, commercial and heritage parts of the organisation – including the Chelsea Pensioners Veterans Outreach programme, which aims to combat loneliness and isolation in older veterans across the UK.
You’ll drive our delivery of e-newsletters and supporter journeys through dot digital, and report on trends and insights in order for us to learn and improve.
We want someone who is:
- A skilled and confident executor, who is experienced in consumer marketing and promoting a wide range of projects including public events to the right audiences.
- A confident email marketeer, with experience of welcome and supporter journeys and supporter e-newsletters.
- Creative in crafting compelling marketing content to deliver effective, multi-channel marketing campaigns.
- Experience of working with a range of partners to help raise awareness and engagement, as well as suppliers such as designers and photographers.
- Relevant marketing experience in a military, charity, cultural or public organisation would be particularly advantageous.
To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter of up to 500 words.
Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing applications and interviewing candidates throughout the recruitment process.
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To provide Army veterans with the support and comradeship they need in recognition of their service to the Nation and to safeguard their historic home
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.